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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aKaplan, Lawrence S., _e1
245	1	0	_aHarold Stassen : _bEisenhower, the Cold War, and the pursuit of nuclear disarmament / _cLawrence S. Kaplan.
246	3		_aHarold Stassen, Eisenhower, the Cold War, and the pursuit of nuclear disarmament
260			_aLexington, Kentucky : _bThe University Press of Kentucky, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aStudies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace
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505	0	0	_aThe preparatory years, 1938-1945 -- _tToward the 1948 debacle -- _tThe Eisenhower solution, 1948-1952 -- _tThe Mutual Security Agency and Foreign Operations Administration, 1953-1955 -- _tSpecial Assistant for Disarmament, 1955-1958 -- _tThe illusion of progress, 1956 -- _t1957 "Stassen's gaffe" -- _tThe long anticlimax, June 1957-February 1958 -- _tConclusions and reflections.
505	0	0	_a"Harold Stassen (1907-2001) garnered accolades as the thirty-one-year-old "boy wonder" governor of Minnesota and quickly assumed a national role as aide to Admiral William Halsey Jr. during World War II. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected in 1952, Stassen was named director of the Mutual Security Administration and then became the president's special assistant for disarmament. In this position, Stassen had the power to profoundly shape the country's foreign policy and became influential in early Cold War policy discussions about the limits and uses of conventional and nuclear weapons. In this nuanced biography, Lawrence S. Kaplan demonstrates that Stassen's role in Eisenhower's White House deserves more analysis than it has received from scholars. Stassen came to Washington advocating the total elimination of nuclear weapons, but he quickly came to recognize that this would not happen. He refocused his efforts, working for greater international transparency and communication. The liberal internationalism that Stassen espoused became embedded in Cold War policy for decades, and he consistently provided a voice for peace in an increasingly hawkish national security establishment. Stassen, in many ways, was his own worst enemy; his ambition and ego undermined his efforts and clouded his vision. His feuds with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles were legendary, and while Dulles often prevailed in the meeting room, Stassen's vision of nuclear restraint was one that Eisenhower shared. Kaplan's study provides a new perspective on nuclear disarmament during a critical period in US history and sheds light on Eisenhower's approach to international relations." -- _tProvided by publisher.
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600	1	0	_aEisenhower, Dwight D. _q(Dwight David), _d1890-1969.
650		0	_aStatesmen _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aNuclear disarmament _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aCold War _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1573885&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell