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Strategies of containment : a critical appraisal of American national security policy during the Cold War / John Lewis Gaddis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gaddis, John Lewis, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
National security--United States--History--20th century.
National security.
National security--United States--History--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (503 p.)
Edition:
Rev. and expanded ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
A classic synthesis of US security policy, now updated to include analysis of how Reagan, Bush Snr., Clinton, & Bush Jnr. have defended the nation.
Contents:
Containment before Kennan
George F. Kennan and the strategy of containment
Implementing containment
NSC-68 and the Korean War
Eisenhower, Dulles and the new look
Implementing the new look
Kennedy, Johnson, and flexible response
Implementing flexible response: Vietnam as a test case
Nixon, Kissinger, and détente
Implementing détente
Reagan, Gorbachev, and the completion of containment.
Notes:
Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-471) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-771651-2
0-19-988399-8
0-19-803890-9
1-280-84483-3
1-4294-3821-5
OCLC:
437109437

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