The First Cold Warrior
Subtitle: Harry Truman, Containment, And the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: May 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780813123929
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Political leaders & leadership; c 1945 to c 1960; Liberalism; History: American; History; Politics / Current Events; United States; USA; Modern - 20th Century; International Relations - General; United States - 20th Century; 20th century; Cold War; Internationalism
First sentence: When Harry Truman became president in April 1945, liberal internationalism was little more than an intellectual concept and by no means a common expression.
Description: "Truman deserves greater credit for understanding the challenges of his time and for being America's first cold warrior. This reconsideration of Truman's overlooked statesmanship provides a model for interpreting the international crises facing the United States in this new era of ideological conflict."--Jacket.