ISBN: 9798193345213 - cold war before the outcome: 20 real decisions, what was known at the time, and what happened next (6 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - THE OUTCOME IS KNOWN. THE DECISIONS WERE NOT.Could the West stay in Berlin before anyone knew an airlift could sustain the city Should the United States cross the 38th Parallel while Chinese intervention was still uncertain When Soviet missiles appeared in Cuba, was quarantine a solution-or only the first decision Cold War Before the Outcome reconstructs twenty real decisions from Berlin in 1948 to German reunification in 1990 as they appeared before the results were known.Thomas Norwick follows what decision-makers actually knew, what they believed, which alternatives remained usable, and where control ended and dependence on allies, opponents, institutions, logistics, and time began.Across Korea, Suez, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Reykjavik, East Germany, and more, familiar events look different when later outcomes are temporarily removed from view.Not alternate history. Not a verdict written backward. A decision history of the Cold War before hindsight made the choices look inevitable.Includes a Twenty Decisions at a Glance overview and four visual decision schematics.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. THE OUTCOME IS KNOWN. THE DECISIONS WERE NOT.Could the West stay in Berlin before anyone knew an airlift could sustain the city? Should the United States cross the 38th Parallel while Chinese intervention was still uncertain? When Soviet missiles appeared in Cuba, was quarantine a solution-or only the first decision?Cold War Before the Outcome reconstructs twenty real decisions from Berlin in 1948 to German reunification in 1990 as they appeared before the results were known.Thomas Norwick follows what decision-makers actually knew, what they believed, which alternatives remained usable, and where control ended and dependence on allies, opponents, institutions, logistics, and time began.Across Korea, Suez, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Reykjavik, East Germany, and more, familiar events look different when later outcomes are temporarily removed from view.Not alternate history. Not a verdict written backward. A decision history of the Cold War before hindsight made the choices look inevitable.Includes a Twenty Decisions at a Glance overview and four visual decision schematics. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The outcome is known. The decisions were not.Why did the Western powers stay in Berlin before the airlift had proved it could sustain the city? Why did Washington cross the 38th Parallel with a Chinese warning in hand? Why did Kennedy begin with a naval quarantine rather than air strikes? And why did Moscow sometimes use force, sometimes threaten it, and sometimes refuse to commit it at all?Cold War Before the Outcome reconstructs twenty pivotal choices from the Berlin crisis of 1948 to German reunification in 1990 as they appeared to the people who had to make them-before later events made the path look inevitable.Across the book, the analysis separates what was known from what was assumed, plans from authorizations, military capability from politically usable power, and immediate risk from consequences visible only later.From Korea, Hungary, Suez, Cuba, Vietnam, Prague, Helsinki, Afghanistan, Reykjavik, the INF Treaty, Leipzig, and German unification, Thomas Norwick examines how uncertainty, alliances, escalation, negotiation, and institutional authority shaped what was genuinely possible.For readers who want the Cold War not as a march toward a known ending, but as a sequence of decisions made while the future was still open. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…