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From Hot War to Cold: The U.S. Navy and National Security Affairs, 1945–1955

For specialists in civil-military relations, Barlow provides a fascinating parallel story to the issues raised by Army Chief of Staff, General Matthew Ridgway. How did their promotions relate to the strategic and organizational goals of the Truman and Eisenhower administrations? Unfortunately that is left unanswered.

Without a clearly articulated mission, the Navy could not rationalize increased budget allocations, nor defend its force structure. United States in , the agreements over service roles and missions, and the development of strategic war plans against the Soviet Union, all of which are covered quite effectively. But, here again, one is surprised by what is omitted. There is no discussion of how the Navy tried to fill the gap between its mission and its force structure through the development of sea-based missiles or the construction of the Forrestal class aircraft carriers during the s.

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Navy and National Security Affairs, In some cases he has reviewed documents that no other historian has previously worked. Carney, who was not reappointed CNO in , is illustrative, as the author makes a compelling argument that the real issue was a fundamental difference over the degree of civilian intrusion into military operations. From Hot War to Cold. Even when a CNO or other officer lacked certain

A final point that one takes away from this book is how little the Navy was involved in many of the key national security crises of the period. This is only natural given the geopolitical nature of some of the problems. However, there are a number of sections of this book detailing subjects in which the Navy had no obvious role.

It is almost as if the author felt that he had to insert a Navy role, even when it was at best relatively minimal.

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At times, where the Navy does have an important role, such as the decision to support the French at Dien Bien Phu, his research and analysis is excellent. Notwithstanding these minor criticisms and they are minor compared to the over-all quality of the book , Barlow has completed a work for which he and the Navy should be justly proud. Any scholar planning to work in the area of early Cold War national security policy or civil-military relations must keep a copy of this book handy and address some of the issues that he raises. Navy's role in the nation's defense during the decade just after World War II, when the leaders of the world's most powerful fleets had to retool from conducting all-out war to the delicate and dangerous business of preventing it.

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From Hot War to Cold takes the reader behind the scenes through a period of turmoil and uncertainty in national security affairs. What gets lost in the histories of this period [is that] things might not have worked.

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This book makes that very clear. It brings to life the dilemmas, the frustrations, and the personalities of that postwar Navy. This huge and incredibly closely researched book is a very good example of just such analysis. From Hot War to Cold. Army War College Quarterly "With strong evidentiary base drawn from extensive primary source material, Barlow's text offers a fascinating and important examination of organization reform within a military organization and the ways in which that reform can influence the direction of national policy.

Hagerott Journal of Military History "A thickly researched narrative of the early national security state Navy, Naval History "This work covers an amazing amount of intellectual ground. This book discusses the role of the U.

From Hot War to Cold: The U.S. Navy and National Security Affairs, 1945–1955

Navy within the country's national security structure during the first decade of the Cold War from the perspective of the service's senior uniformed officer, the Chief of Naval Operations, and his staff. It examines a variety of issues of the period, including the Army—Navy fight over unification that led to the creation of the National Security Act of , the early postwar fighting in China between the Nationalists and the Communists, the formation of NATO, the outbreak of the Korean War, the decision of the Eisenhower Administration not to intervene The author relies upon information obtained from a wide range of primary sources and personal interviews with senior Navy and Army officers.

The result is a book that provides the reader with a new way of looking at these pivotal events.

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