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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002362639707536

Autore

Garthoff, Raymond L.

Titolo

A journey through the Cold War : a memoir of containment and coexistence / Raymond L. Garthoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001

ISBN

0815701020 (cloth : alk. paper)

0815701012 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Descrizione fisica

XV, 416 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

327.73/0092B

Soggetti

Ambasciatori - Stati Uniti d'America - Biografie

Ambasciatori - Bulgaria - Biografie

Guerra fredda

Sicurezza nazionale - Stati Uniti d'America

Garthoff, Raymond L.

Garthoff, Raymond L.

Stati Uniti d'America Politica estera Unione Sovietica

Unione Sovietica Politica estera Stati Uniti d'America

Stati Uniti d'America Politica estera 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface : why this memoir? -- The Cold War begins : the formative years, 1945-50 -- The view from a think tank : Soviet affairs expert at RAND -- The thaw : observing the Soviet Union after Stalin -- CIA and intelligence analysis and estimates -- "Foreign affairs adviser" at the Pentagon -- Intelligence excursions in the Soviet Union -- The espionage game -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (I) -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (II) -- The Cuban Missile Crisis : turning point of the Cold War -- Department of State : the Johnson years -- The diplomacy of East-West relations -- Negotiating on strategic arms : SALT and the ABM Treaty -- Developing détente in U.S.-Soviet relations -- Inspecting the American conduct of foreign relations -- Ambassador to Bulgaria -- The decline and collapse of the détente of the 1970s -- Witness to the Cold War endgame : 1980-90



-- Reflections on the Cold War -- Epilogue : a personal reminiscence.