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Cold War Strategist
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Introduction
Mr. Symington Goes to Washington: The Origins of a Cold Warrior
Joining the Front Lines: Implementing the Truman Doctrine and Containment
Defining the Cold War: And "The United States is Losing That War"
The Eisenhower Administration: "If I Don't Catch 'Em I'll Worry 'Em Like Hell"
The Making of a Myth: The Missile Gap
Symington Throws His Hat in the Ring: The Election of 1960 and the Missile Gap
"Fish or Cut Bait": LBJ and the Vietnam War
The Nixon Administration and the Wars in Indochina
The Final Term in the Senate
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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Examines the life and contributions of a public servant, Senator William Struat Symington, who was influential from the Truman through Nixon administrations.

About the Author

LINDA M. MCFARLAND is an historian and independent scholar.

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?Cold War Strategist is a welcomed study of a prominent politician and ardent cold warrior who knew how to manipulate the media....This is a valuable study of an important and influential Cold War politician.?-The Journal of American History

?McFarland's is the definitive work on his foreign policy...provide a well-researched and readable examination of the foreign-policy career of a long-time cold war liberal.?-Aerospace Power Journal

"McFarland's is the definitive work on his foreign policy...provide a well-researched and readable examination of the foreign-policy career of a long-time cold war liberal."-Aerospace Power Journal

"Cold War Strategist is a welcomed study of a prominent politician and ardent cold warrior who knew how to manipulate the media....This is a valuable study of an important and influential Cold War politician."-The Journal of American History

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