A New Kind of War: America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece

by Howard Jones

Book Overview

America's experience in Greece has often been cited as a model by those later policymakers in Washington who regard the involvement as a "victory" for American foreign policy. Indeed, President Johnson and others referred to Greece as the model for America's deepening involvement in Vietnam during the mid-1960's. Greece became the battlefield for a new kind of war--one that included the use of guerrilla warfare, propaganda, war in the shadows, terror...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195113853
• ISBN13: 9780195113853
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"