Cold War strategist Stuart Symington and the search for national security

Cold War strategist : Stuart Symington and the search for national security / Linda McFarland.

Author/creator	McFarland, Linda, 1943-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Westport, Conn. : Praeger,
Description	viii, 212 p., [12] p. of plates : ports. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988. United States. Congress. Senate--Biography. United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History --20th century. Legislators--United States --Biography. Cold War--Political aspects --United States. National security--United States --History --20th century. United States--Foreign relations --1945-1989. United States--Politics and government --1945-1989.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Mr. Symington Goes to Washington: -- The Origins of a Cold Warrior -- Chapter 3 Joining the Front Lines: Implementing -- the Truman Doctrine and Containment -- Chapter 4 Defining the Cold War: "And the United States -- Is Losing that War" -- Chapter 5 The Eisenhower Administration: "If I Don't -- Catch 'Em I'll Worry 'Em Like Hell" -- Chapter 6 The Making of a Myth: Stuart Symington and -- the Missile Gap -- Chapter 7 Mr. Symington Throws His Hat in the Ring: -- The Election of 1960 and the Missile Gap -- Chapter 8 "Fish or Cut Bait": LBJ and the Vietnam War -- Chapter 9 The Nixon Administration and the Wars -- in Indochina -- Chapter 10 The Final Term in the Senate -- Chapter 11 Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Photographs follow page 122.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2001016318
ISBN	0275971902 (alk. paper)

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