From Hot War to Cold : The U. S. Navy and National Security Affairs, 1945-1955.
Material type: TextPublisher: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (728 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804770965Subject(s): Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces) -- United States -- History | National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Sea-power -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century | United States -- Military policy -- Decision making | United States. -- Navy -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Hot War to Cold : The U. S. Navy and National Security Affairs, 1945-1955DDC classification: 359/.03097309044 LOC classification: VA58Online resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Wartime Organizational Changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations -- 2. Initial Challenges: Postwar and Demobilization Planning -- 3. The Navy and Unification -- 4. The National Security Act Achieved -- 5. Preparing for a New Enemy -- 6. War Ends in the Pacific -- 7. Troubles Emerge in Postwar China, 1945-1946 -- 8. Assessing and Responding to the Soviet Naval Threat -- 9. Adjusting to the National Military Establishment -- 10. Living in "Interesting Times" -- 11. Slugging It Out on Capitol Hill -- 12. Events in the Western Pacific -- 13. Troubles on the Korean Peninsula -- 14. Deciding to Fight -- 15. Defending NATO Europe: Planning During the Initial Stages -- 16. The Eisenhower National Security Structure -- 17. Rethinking National Strategy -- 18. Coping with the New Look -- 19. A Crisis Abroad and a CNO's Departure -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This volume provides an in-depth history of Navy high-level decision making during the challenging initial decade of the Cold War.
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