A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War
A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War
This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman Administration's progressive embroilment in the cold war, and it presents a stunning new interpretation of U.S. national security policy during the formative stages of the Soviet-American rivalry.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Year
- 1992
- ISBN-13
- 9780804722186
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Cold WarU.S. national security policyTruman Administration
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1993)
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