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dc.contributor.advisorLewis, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Gates M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-04T02:34:22Z
dc.date.available2016-01-04T02:34:22Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-31
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12678
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/19596
dc.description.abstractPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower's New Look security policy put nuclear weapons at the forefront of U.S. defense efforts. Due to the lack of an effective Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in the mid-1950s, the U.S. required European cooperation to launch an attack on the Soviet Union. This dissertation reveals the difficulties of the New Look defense policy regarding missile development, allied cooperation, and an almost singular focus on Europe as the primary area of concern for U.S. and allied security. These difficulties arose from bureaucratic infighting between the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, tensions between the U.S., U.K., and France, and the overarching threat of an all-out nuclear war with the Soviet Union. President Eisenhower did not have an easy task in balancing these competing interests and this study reveals the importance for U.S. political leaders to understand the impact of defense issues not only on U.S. interests but also allied regional and strategic priorities.
dc.format.extent311 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectMilitary history
dc.subjectInternational relations
dc.subjectAmerican history
dc.subjectIntermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
dc.subjectNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
dc.subjectPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower
dc.titleMiscommunication and Misunderstanding: Eisenhower, IRBMs, and Nuclear Weapons in the NATO Alliance
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberMoran, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.cmtememberButler-Smith, Alice
dc.contributor.cmtememberWilson, Theodore
dc.contributor.cmtememberSteele, Brent
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineHistory
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
kusw.bibid8086043
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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