Authors: Robert Cowley
The Cold War (72 page)
I wish to express my special thanks to Byron Hollinshead, Sabine Russ, Marleen Adlerblum, and Matthew Ashford at American Historical Publications, and to my old and good friend Robert D. Loomis at Random House, for their assistance and encouragement in all aspects of this book.
R
OBERT
C
OWLEY
is the founding editor of
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
. He has edited three other anthologies—
The Great War; No End Save Victory
, about World War II; and
With My Face to the Enemy
, about the Civil War—as well as several volumes in the popular
What If?
Series. He lives in Connecticut.
Copyright © 2005 by American Historical Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved.
“Truman Fires McArthur”: Adapted with the permission of
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, from
Truman
by David McCullough.
Copyright © 1992 by David McCullough. All rights reserved.
“The Evacuation of Kham Duc”: Adapted with the permission of Free Press, a division of
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, from
After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam
.
Copyright © 1993 by Ronald H. Spector. All rights reserved.
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The Cold War: a military history/edited by Robert Cowley
p. cm.
Includes index.
eISBN: 978-0-307-48307-2
1. Cold War. 2. Military history—20th century. I. Cowley, Robert.
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