Two American crusades : actors and factors in the Cold War and the global War on Terrorism / Marian Leighton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Not Your Ancestors' Crusades -- America's Crusading Legacy -- From World War to Cold War -- Korea, Vietnam, and Beyond -- The Cold War: Nature of the Enemy -- Soviet Capabilities, Intentions, and Vulnerabilities -- Waging the Cold War: U.S. Objectives -- Waging the Cold War: U.S. Military -- Strategies and Tactics -- Waging the Cold War: -- The Uses of Soft Power -- Reagan's Victory Lap: From -- Counterinsurgency to Diplomacy -- The Soviet Union and the Cold War's -- Endgame -- The Elusive Peace Dividend -- The Rise of Radical Political Islam -- The Global War on Terrorism: -- Defining the Enemy -- The Global War on Terrorism: -- U.S. Goals and Strategies -- The War in Iraq -- Obama's Approach to Counterterrorism -- Afghanistan Redux -- The Global Battlefield -- Keeping America Safe: The Way Forward -- Epilogue: Two Crusades in Retrospect.

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