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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974692503321

Autore

Gaddis John Lewis

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771651-2

0-19-988399-8

0-19-803890-9

1-280-84483-3

1-4294-3821-5

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (503 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

327.73/009/045

Soggetti

National security - United States - History - 20th century

National security - United States - History - 21st century

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

United States Foreign relations 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-471) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

A classic synthesis of US security policy, now updated to include analysis of how Reagan, Bush Snr., Clinton, & Bush Jnr. have defended the nation.