Strategies of containment : a critical appraisal of American national security policy during the Cold War
- Responsibility
- John Lewis Gaddis.
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Physical description
- xvi, 484 p. ; 22 cm.
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Gaddis, John Lewis.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-471) and index.
- Publisher's summary
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"Strategies of Containment" is a classic synthesis of American security policy, widely read and assigned in courses despite it not being updated since its original publication in 1982. This new edition will include substantial new material, discussing international affairs and American policy since the Carter administration. It will analyze the foreign policy of President Bush and current military action, and assess current national security policy.
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- Publisher's summary
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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 bringing the Cold War to an end. He concludes, provocatively, that Reagan more effectively than any other Cold War president drew upon the strengths of both approaches while avoiding their weaknesses. A must-read for anyone interested in Cold War history, grand strategy, and the origins of the post-Cold War world.
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- Publication date
- 2005
- ISBN
- 9780195174489 (acid-free paper)
- 0195174488 (acid-free paper)
- 9780195174472 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 019517447X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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