Arming the Free World: The Origins of the United States Military Assistance Program, 1945-1950

by Chester J. Pach Jr.

Book Overview

In this important study, Chester Pach traces the emergence of military assistance as a major instrument of contemporary American foreign policy. During the early Cold War, arms aid grew from a few country and regional programs into a worldwide effort with an annual cost of more than $1 billion. Pach analyzes the Truman administration's increasing reliance on arms aid--for Latin America, Greece and Turkey, China, and Western Europe--to contain Communist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807819433
• ISBN13: 9780807819432
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"