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Author:

Watson, Cynthia Ann.

Title:

U.S. national security : a reference handbook / Cynthia A. Watson.

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xiii, 357 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

National security--United States.
World politics--1945-
United States--Military policy.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

About the author. 7. Introduction -- What is national security? -- The old days : Cold War, 1947-1989 -- New threats since 1989 -- The changing national security apparatus -- Notes -- 2. Enduring questions in U.S. national security -- Past controversies -- Current controversies -- Notes -- 3. Chronology -- 4. Personalities -- 5. Documents -- United Nations charter (1945) -- "The long telegram" (1946) -- Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (1946) -- The Truman Doctrine (1947) -- The Marshall Plan speech (1947) -- "Mr. X" article in Foreign affairs (1947) -- The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (1947) -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization charter (1949) -- Dean Acheson's "Perimeter" speech (1950) -- NSC 68 (1950) -- The Domino Theory (1954) -- John Foster Dulles's "Massive retaliation" speech (1954) -- Final declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina : the Geneva Accords (1954) -- President Dwight Eisenhower's "Military-industrial complex" speech (1961) -- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) -- UN Security Council Resolution 242 (1967) -- The Nixon Doctrine (1969) -- Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (1970) -- The Pentagon Papers (1971) -- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (1972) -- Antiballistic Missle Treaty (1972) -- The Shanghai communiqu ̌(1972) -- War Powers Resolution (1973) -- Camp David Accords (1978) -- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II (1979) -- Taiwan Relations Act (1979) -- President Ronald Reagan's SDI/Grenada Speech (1983) -- Tower Report on the Iran-Contra Scandal (1987) -- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (1991) -- North American Free Trade Association (1994) -- World Trade Organization (1994) -- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (1996) -- President George W. Bush's War on terrorism speech (2001) -- 6. Directory of organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations -- Governmental organizations -- Web addresses for governmental organizations -- 7. Selected print and nonprint resources -- Print resources -- Nonprint resources -- Commercial media -- Index -- About the author.

Series:

Contemporary world issues

ISBN:

9781576075982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1576075982 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2002006366

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)