| Description |
230 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: L. The Iron Dice: World War 1 -- The Kaiser's Fateful Pledge 3 -- The Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia 6 -- The Closing Trap 11 -- The Iron Dice 18 -- Conclusions 27 -- 2. Barbarossa: Iitler's Attack on Russia 33 -- Hitler and Russia 34 -- Stalin and Germany 48 -- Conclusions 60 -- 3. The Temptations of Victory: Korea 69 -- President Truman's Decision 71 -- General MacArthur's Gamble 86 -- Conclusions 98 -- 4. A Greek Tragedy in Five Acts: Vietnam 105 -- Act One: Truan-Asia Was Not Europe106 -- Act Two: Eisenhower-the Lesson of France -- Ignored 111 -- Act Three: Kennedy-the Military 117 -- Act Four: Johnson-the Catastrophe 124 -- Act Five: Nixon-Full Circle 131 -- Conclusions 135 -- 5. Three Battles over God: India and Pakistan -- in 1947, 1965, and 1971 141 -- Colonialism, Partition, and War 142 -- The Kashmir War of 1965 152 -- The Bloody Dawn of Bangladesh 157 -- Conclusions 168 -- 6. The Thirty Years' War in the Holy Land: Israel and -- the Aabs in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973 173 -- The Palestine War of 1948 174 -- The Sinai Campaign and the Suez Crisis of 1956 187 -- The Six-Day War of 1967 196 -- The October War of 1973 204 -- Conclusions 211 -- 7. Why Nations Go to War 217 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 20th century.
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War.
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| LC no. |
73087409 |
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