| Description |
1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Texas A & M University military history series ; 81
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Texas A & M University military history series ; 81.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index. |
| Contents |
The disease and unrest formula -- A far country -- Shepherding midnight's children -- The largest single industry -- On-the-job training -- From occupiers to warriors -- The southern flank -- Secrets -- Arming Austria. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
"As U.S. troops marched into vanquished Austria at the end of World War II, they faced the dual tasks of destroying the remnants of Nazi power and establishing a new democratic nation. The military was adept at the first task; it was woefully unprepared for the second. These halting efforts, complicated by the difficulties of managing the occupation along with Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, exacerbated an already monumental undertaking and fueled the looming Cold War confrontation between East and West." "In this first English-language study of secret postwar U.S. military operations during the occupation of Austria and of the American effort to create a garrison state for NATO's defense, James Jay Carafano traces U.S. policy and behavior from the end of the war until 1955 and the signing of the treaty that finally led to the withdrawal of the occupation forces. From the very beginning of American presence, he demonstrates, the U.S. Army could not wean itself from the operational habits it had forged in war, practices that skewed U.S. postwar foreign policy while earning Austrian resentment and Soviet mistrust. The fog of peace, he concludes, befuddled U.S. planners."--Jacket. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Allied Occupation of Austria (Austria : 1945-1955) |
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Austria -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1955.
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United States -- Military relations -- Austria.
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United States. |
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Military relations. |
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Austria. |
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Austria -- Military relations -- United States.
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| Chronological Term |
1945-1955 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carafano, James Jay, 1955- Waltzing into the Cold War. College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©2002 1585442135 (DLC) 2002002842 (OCoLC)49260741 |
| ISBN |
1585449911 (electronic book) |
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9781585449910 (electronic book) |
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1585442135 (alkaline paper) |
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9781585442133 (alkaline paper) |
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