American War Plans, 1945-1950Taylor & Francis, 1996 - 189 من الصفحات In late 1945, it became clear that the Soviet Union was an aggressive power. American military planners began to develop strategies to deal with the frightening possibility of a war with the Soviet Union. This work examines those plans. |
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