Description
Makes available to students the complete text of NSC 68 – the crucial government memorandum that set American foreign policy for the Cold War. The document is accompanied by 22 commentaries – many of which were written specifically for this book by former US Government officials and academicians, including five foreign scholars – that critically evaluate the document from a wide spectrum of viewpoints. A general introduction by Ernest May places NSC 68 in its historical context. May also provides an essay-length introduction to the commentaries, biographical information on their authors and questions to consider when reading the selections. In addition, the volume contains a chronology of the events of the Cold War.Table of Contents: Part 1 The document: NSC 68 – United States objectives and program for national security (April 14, 1950). Part 2 Commentaries: eyewitness testimony; later officials’ retrospects; interpreters of US foreign policy; American interpreters of American history; a world historian and a social scientist; foreign scholars.
