Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kaplan, Lawrence S. (1924-2020)
Titre(s) : Harold Stassen [Texte imprimé] : Eisenhower, the Cold War, and the pursuit of nuclear disarmament / Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publication : Lexington (Kent.) : The University Press of Kentucky, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (231 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace
Lien à la collection : Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 195-217. Index
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Harold Stassen, Eisenhower, the Cold War, and the pursuit
of nuclear disarmament
Sujet(s) : Stassen, Harold Edward (1907-2001)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969)
Guerre froide
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.920 92 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1953-2001 - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813174860. - ISBN 0813174864. - ISBN 9780813174884 (erroné). - ISBN 9780813174891
(erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45770183m
Notice n° :
FRBNF45770183
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; The preparatory years, 1938-1945 ; Toward the 1948 debacle ; The
Eisenhower solution, 1948-1952 ; The Mutual Security Agency and Foreign Operations
Administration, 1953-1955 ; Special Assistant for Disarmament, 1955-1958 ; The illusion
of progress, 1956 ; 1957 : Stassen's gaffe? ; The long anticlimax, June 1957-February
1958 ; Conclusions and reflections.
"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." ; Provided by publisher.
