Strategies of Containment A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War

Name: Strategies of Containment A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War
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ISBN: 9780195174472

ISBN-10: 019517447X

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Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: John Lewis Gaddis

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When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, Gaddis provides a thorough critical analysis of George F. Kennan's original strategy of containment, NSC-68, The Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look," the Kennedy-Johnson "flexible response" strategy, the Nixon-Kissenger strategy of detente, and now a comprehensive assessment of how Reagan-- and Gorbechev-- completed the process of containment, thereby…

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List price: $21.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.31" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

John Lewis Gaddis is Robert A. Lovett Professor of History and Political Science at Yale University.



Abbreviations



Prologue: 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 Detente



Implementing Detente



Reagan, Gorbachev, and the Completion of Containment



Epilogue: Containment After the Cold War


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography