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The authors consider the generalized Boussinesq equation \[ u_{tt}- au_{ttxx}- 2bu_{txx}+ mu_t= -nu_{xxxx}+ u_{xx}+ \beta(f(u))_{xx},\;t> 0,\;x\in\mathbb{R},\tag{1} \] where \(a\geq 0\), \(b> 0\), \(m> 0\), \(n> 0\), \(\beta\in \mathbb{R}\) and \(f(u)\) a polynomial of order \(p\) with \(f(0)= 0\). If \(a= 0\), \(m=0\) and \(f(u)= u^2\) then (1) reduces to an equation investigated by other authors. The authors establish existence and uniqueness of global solution to (1) in the space \[ C([0, \infty), H^{s+1}(\mathbb{R}))\cap C^1([0, \infty), H^s(\mathbb{R}))= X_s \] for suitably chosen \(s\) under the initial conditions \[ u(x,0)= \varepsilon\varphi(x),\quad u_t(x,0)= \varepsilon\psi(x),\quad x\in\mathbb{R} \] for \(\varepsilon\) sufficiently small. Theorem 1 asserting existence, assumes \(\varphi\in H^{s+1}(\mathbb{R})\), \(\psi\in H^s(\mathbb{R})\) for \(s>{1\over 2}\) and moreover \(a\geq 0\), \(b> 0\), \(m> 0\), \(n>0\), \(p\geq 0\), and \(a+ n> b^2\). Under these assumptions a unique solution \(u\in X_s\) exists which satisfies \[ \| u\|_{s+1}\leq e^{-kt}(2\varepsilon A),\quad k= \min(m,ba^{-1}) \] with \(A\) independent of \(\varepsilon\). Here \(\| u\|_s\) is a standard norm, defined via Fourier transform, equivalent to the Sobolev norm for integer \(s\geq 0\). The \(\varepsilon\) number is subject to a smallness condition, stated in the proof. The proof uses an iteration scheme, based on Fourier transform techniques.