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

• Autore: Garthoff, Raymond L.
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: XV, 416 p. ; 25 cm
• Disciplina: 327.73/0092B
• Soggetto topico: Ambasciatori - Stati Uniti d'America - Biografie; Ambasciatori - Bulgaria - Biografie; Guerra fredda; Sicurezza nazionale - Stati Uniti d'America
• Soggetto (Persona): Garthoff, Raymond L.
• Soggetto geografico: Stati Uniti d'America Politica estera Unione Sovietica; Unione Sovietica Politica estera Stati Uniti d'America; Stati Uniti d'America Politica estera 1945-1989
• 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.
• ISBN: 0815701020 (cloth : alk. paper); 0815701012 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 991002362639707536
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento