Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race
Subtitle: The Truman Administration and the U.S. Arms Build-Up
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: December 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780275980160
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; International relations; Weapons & equipment; World history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Politics / Current Events; History: World; International Relations - Arms Control; International Relations - General; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; Historiography; 20th century; Arms race; Cold War; History; Military policy; Military readiness; United States
First sentence: The American, British, and French forces acting under Eisenhower's supreme command in the days leading up to V-E Day in May 1945 were formidable.