{"product_id":"united-states-foreign-policy-1945-1968-the-bomb-spies-stories-and-lies-9781793602176","title":"United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968: The Bomb,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1945 and 1968, the possibility of Mutual Assured Destruction led to a host of odd realities, including the creation of an affable cartoon turtle named Bert who taught millions of school children that nuclear war was survivable if they simply learned how to “duck and cover.”  Meanwhile, fear of Communism played out against the backdrop of potential Armageddon to provide justification for a variety of covert operations involving regime change, political assassination, and sometimes bizarre plot twists.  United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968: The Bomb, Spies, Stories, and Lies takes a fresh look at this complex, often confusing, and frequently farcical period in American and world history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968 is a lucid, comprehensive account of this critical period in the history of the world.  The author takes an even-handed approach to the volatile issues that unfolded during the Cold War, with the extensive bibliography reflects the wide-ranging primary and secondary sources on which the author relies.” -- William R. Keylor, Boston University\u003cbr\u003e“The Cold War was as much a set of stories as it was a ‘scientific outcome' of structures and great power politics. Historian Michael Santos has written a beautifully textured analysis of the most important stories that shaped international relations in the second half of the 20th century. This is a book brimming with fresh insight about how people, decisions, beliefs, and convictions about the nature of experience came together in a mix that continues to frame the stories we tell about world politics today.” -- Steven Weber, University of California at Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI  The Unsatisfying Nature of Satisficing   II Endings and Beginnings: Factors Shaping the Narrative  III Competing Challenges in an Uncertain World   IV Enemies From Within and From Without   V One Step Forward, One Step Back   VI Caught in the Middle   VII Things Are Seldom What They Seem   VIII Persisting Problems on the New Frontier  IX  Assumptions vs. Realities   X  To the Edge of Armageddon and Back Again   XI  Down the Rabbit Hole   XII Hot Spots Beyond Vietnam  XIII Rationalizing Away Qualms   XIV A Matter of Sovereignty   XV Looking Back Across Twenty-Three Years","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042609463639,"sku":"9781793602176","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793602176.jpg?v=1750954842","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/united-states-foreign-policy-1945-1968-the-bomb-spies-stories-and-lies-9781793602176","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}