Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race The Truman Administration and the U.S. Arms Build-Up

Subjects:

• History » American History -- 1946 to Present
• Political Science » American Politics/Government
• Military Studies » Arms Control/Defense

Reviews:

• In this thoughtful, well-researched monograph, Ojserkis broadens the debate over the international, economic, and political consequences of the post-1945 Cold War conflict between the US and the Soviet Union....Highly recommended. Most levels and collections.
  —Choice September 2004
• Ojserkis provides a useful, well-written study of a complicated and difficult topic, and does so in 150 pages. Although much of the material is not new, the volume ably synthesizes a great deal of information that will be of use to undergraduates, graduate students, and established scholars.
  —Project Muse 2007
• [T]his book provides a clear interpretation of a series of decisions that regularly receive only limited attention in analyses of Truman's presidency or the Cold War.
  —49th Parallel 2005
• This is a chronological study close to official history, but it is well argued nonetheless. Truman would be pleased.
  —The Journal of American History March 2005

Table of Contents:

• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Demobilization
• Consolidation
• Reconsideration
• Transformation
• Globalization
• Actualization
• Conclusions
• Bibliography