From hot war to cold
Subtitle: the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955
By: Jeffrey G. Barlow.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 710
ISBN-13: 9780804756662
Subjects: United States. -- Navy -- History -- 20th century; National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces) -- United States -- History; Sea-power -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Military policy -- Decision making; United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wartime organizational changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; title: Initial challenges : postwar and demobilization planning; title: The Navy and unification; title: The National Security Act achieved; title: Preparing for a new enemy; title: War ends in the Pacific; title: Troubles emerge in postwar China, 1945-1946; title: Assessing and responding to the Soviet naval threat; title: Adjusting to the National Military Establishment; title: Living in "interesting times"; title: Slugging it out on Capitol Hill; title: Events in the western Pacific; title: Troubles on the Korean Peninsula; title: Deciding to fight; title: Defending NATO Europe : planning during the initial stages; title: The Eisenhower national security structure; title: Rethinking national strategy; title: Coping with the new look; title: A crisis abroad and a CNO's departure.