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Strategies of Containment

Strategies of Containment

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

by John Lewis Gaddis
Paperback
Publication Date: 23/06/2005

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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-Kissinger 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.
ISBN:
9780195174472
9780195174472
Category:
International relations
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
23-06-2005
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
512
Dimensions (mm):
203x135x23mm
Weight:
0.39kg
John Lewis Gaddis

John Lewis Gaddis is an internationally renowned historian of the Cold War and has been called 'the dean of Cold War historians' by The New York Times.

He is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, is on the advisory board of the Cold War International History Project and has served as a consultant on the CNN television documentary Cold War.

He is also the author of numerous books, is the 2005 winner of the US National Humanities Medal and lives in New Haven.

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