03136nam 2200601 450 991081669940332120230421050200.00-19-028211-80-19-972884-41-280-65489-99786610654895(CKB)2460000000006683(EBL)273246(OCoLC)870243686(SSID)ssj0000312404(PQKBManifestationID)12069708(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312404(PQKBWorkID)10332672(PQKB)11250453(MiAaPQ)EBC5746833(MiAaPQ)EBC273246(EXLCZ)99246000000000668320190624h19941992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe United States and the end of the Cold War implications, reconsiderations, provocations /John Lewis GaddisNew York ;Oxford :Oxford University Press,1994.©19921 online resource (314 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508551-5 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 WorldNotes 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; ZThe 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 wellasCold WarUnited StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1953Soviet UnionForeign relations1945-1991United StatesForeign relations1945-1989Cold War.327.73047Gaddis John Lewis191880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816699403321The United States and the end of the Cold War3969667UNINA