The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism

by Elizabeth Edwards Spalding

From the first days of his unexpected presidency in April 1945 through the landmark NSC 68 of 1950, Harry Truman was central to the formation of America's grand strategy during the Cold War and the subsequent remaking of U.S. foreign policy. Others are frequently associated with the terminology of and responses to the perceived global Communist threat after the Second World War: Walter Lippmann popularized the term "cold war," and George F. Kennan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813123925
• ISBN13: 9780813123929
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher