From Hot War to Cold: The U.S. Navy and National Security Affairs, 1945-1955

by Jeffrey Barlow and Jeffrey G Barlow

This book discusses the role of the U.S. Navy within the country's national security structure during the first decade of the Cold War from the perspective of the service's senior uniformed officer, the Chief of Naval Operations, and his staff. It examines a variety of important issues of the period, including the Army-Navy fight over unification that led to the creation of the National Security Act of 1947, the early postwar fighting in China...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080475666X
• ISBN13: 9780804756662
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"