Description |
xiii, 357 pages ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Contemporary world issues
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Contemporary world issues.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- What is national security? -- Old days : Cold War, 1947-1989 -- New threats since 1989 -- Changing national security apparatus -- Notes -- 2. Enduring questions in U.S. national security -- Past controversies -- Current controversies -- Notes -- 3. Chronology -- 4. Personalities -- 5. Documents -- United Nations charter (1945) -- "The long telegram" (1946) -- Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (1946) -- Truman Doctrine (1947) -- Marshall Plan speech (1947) -- "Mr. X" article in Foreign affairs (1947) -- Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (1947) -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization charter (1949) -- Dean Acheson's "Perimeter" speech (1950) -- NSC 68 (1950) -- Domino Theory (1954) -- John Foster Dulles's "Massive retaliation" speech (1954) -- Final declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina : the Geneva Accords (1954) -- President Dwight Eisenhower's "Military-industrial complex" speech (1961) -- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) -- UN Security Council Resolution 242 (1967) -- Nixon Doctrine (1969) -- Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (1970) -- Pentagon Papers (1971) -- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (1972) -- Antiballistic Missle Treaty (1972) -- Shanghai communiqué (1972) -- War Powers Resolution (1973) -- Camp David Accords (1978) -- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II (1979) -- Taiwan Relations Act (1979) -- President Ronald Reagan's SDI/Grenada Speech (1983) -- Tower Report on the Iran-Contra Scandal (1987) -- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (1991) -- North American Free Trade Association (1994) -- World Trade Organization (1994) -- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (1996) -- President George W. Bush's War on terrorism speech (2001) -- 6. Directory of organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations -- Governmental organizations -- Web addresses for governmental organizations -- 7. Selected print and nonprint resources -- Print resources -- Nonprint resources -- Commercial media -- Index -- About the author. |
Subject |
National security -- United States.
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National security. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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World politics. |
Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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International relations. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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Chronological Term |
1989- |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
1576075982 hardcover alkaline paper |
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