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ON THE FRONTLINE IN THE COLD WAR: AN AMBASSADOR REPORTS. (SIGNED) Hardcover - 1997
by MCGHEE George C
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- Title ON THE FRONTLINE IN THE COLD WAR: AN AMBASSADOR REPORTS. (SIGNED)
- Author MCGHEE George C
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Condition Used - Fine in near fine dust wrapper.
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Praeger, Westport & London,
- Date 1997
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # C17888
- ISBN 9780275956493 / 0275956490
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.56 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.42 cm)
- Reading level 1330
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Cold War, United States - Foreign relations - 1945-1989
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96021321
- Dewey Decimal Code 909.82
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From the rear cover
In this insider's account of the Cold War, Ambassador George McGhee outlines how the 43-year Cold War emerged unexpectedly in 1947. McGhee follows the standoff in Europe and the Far East, the competition in the developing world, including the shooting wars fought in Korea and Vietnam in which the U.S. lost 111,000 lives. McGhee personally directed Greek-Turkish Aid, the first American effort to contain the Soviets. He also led the movement to get Greece and Turkey into NATO, using them as a bulwark against encroachment in the Middle East. McGhee accounts, using his hitherto unpublished field notes taken while he was special assistant to the Secretary of State, his attempts to cope with the Arab Refugee problem and the hostilities that followed the emergence of the state of Israel. McGhee served in Guam with Curtis LeMay and was involved in the bombing of Japan and the dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He negotiated with Nehru, Haile Selassie, the Shah of Iran, and Ibn Saud to protect U.S. interests in the Middle East. In addition, he negotiated with Tshombe in the 1962 Cong crisis, diverting a Soviet threat. He was also U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1963 to 1968, when U.S. forces reached 250,000 in Europe.
