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The United States and the end of the Cold War : implications, reconsiderations, provocations / John Lewis Gaddis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaddis, John Lewis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Cold War ended with an exhilarating wave of events: the toppling of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the dissident poet Vaclav Havel, the revolution in Romania. Americans rejoiced at the dramatic conclusion of the long struggle. ""But victories in wars--hot or cold--tend to unfocus the mind,""writes John Gaddis. ""It can be a dangerous thing to have achieved one's objectives, because one then has to decide what to do next."" In The United States and the End of the Cold War, Gaddis provides a sharp focus on the long history of the Cold War, shedding new light on its sudden ending, as wellas
- Contents:
- Contents; ONE: The American Foreign Policy Style in the Twentieth Century; TWO: The Objectives of Containment; THREE: Morality and the American Experience in the Cold War; FOUR: The Unexpected John Foster Dulles; FIVE: Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War History; SIX: The Essential Relevance of Nuclear Weapons; SEVEN: The Unexpected Ronald Reagan; EIGHT: How the Cold War Might End: An Exercise in Faulty Prediction; NINE: Tectonics, History, and the End of the Cold War; TEN: Great Illusions, the Long Peace, and the Future of the International System; ELEVEN: Toward the Post-Cold War World
- Notes and AcknowledgmentsBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028211-8
- 0-19-972884-4
- 1-280-65489-9
- 9786610654895
- OCLC:
- 870243686
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