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On the Frontline in the Cold War: An Ambassador Reports

On the Frontline in the Cold War: An Ambassador Reports Hard cover - 1997

by George C. McGhee

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Cold War, which started in 1947, resulted from the United States' gradual discovery that the Soviets, allies during World War II, were enemies, hostile to non-Communist nations and determined to spread Communism wherever they could.
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  • Title On the Frontline in the Cold War: An Ambassador Reports
  • Author George C. McGhee
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Praeger, Westport, CT
  • Date 1997-01-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780275956493_pod
  • 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
  • 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 McGhee accounts, using his hitherto unpublished field notes taken while he was special assistant to the Secretary of State, his attempts to cope with the Arab Refugee problem and the hostilities that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.

About the author

GEORGE C. MCGHEE was a successful businessman before becoming an important U.S. advisor and statesman, including a position as the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (number three in the department) during the Cold War./e He was Ambassador to Turkey and to Germany at crucial times during the Cold War.