Meeting the Communist Threat: Truman to Reagan

by Thomas G. Paterson

Book Overview

This provocative volume, written by the distinguished diplomatic historian Thomas G. Paterson, explores why and how Americans have perceived and exaggerated the Communist threat in the last half century. Basing his spirited analysis on research in private papers, government archives, oral histories, contemporary writings, and scholarly works, Paterson explains the origins and evolution of United States global intervention. Deftly exploring the ideas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195045327
• ISBN13: 9780195045321
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"