"A new kind of war" : America's global strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece, Howard Jones

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"A new kind of war" : America's global strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece, Howard Jones

Title remainder

America's global strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece

Statement of responsibility

Howard Jones

Instantiates

• "A new kind of war" : America's global strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece

Publication

• New York, Oxford University Press, 1989

Note

Includes index

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 247-316

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volume

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nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Holding the line in Greece -- The Truman doctrine and the beginnings of global strategy -- The need for American military assistance -- The call for American combat troops -- The decision to extend operational advice -- The joint U.S. Military advisory and planning group -- Corollaries of a global strategy -- The Greek children -- Toward the spring offensive of 1948 -- Grammos and Vitsi -- The communist' peace offensive -- Denouement -- "On all fronts" -- Appendix: Message of the President of the United States, March 12, 1947 ; Public Law 75, May 22 1947

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24 cm

Extent

xiv, 327 pages, [14] pages of plates

Isbn

9780195045819

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(alk. paper)

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88004220

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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n

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illustrations

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• (OCoLC)17650538
• (OCoLC)ocm17650538