Levering, Ralph B.

The Cold War : A Post-Cold War History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (295 pages) - New York Academy of Sciences Series . - New York Academy of Sciences Series .

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Uneasy Allies, 1941-1945 -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Downward Spiral during the Truman-Stalin Years, 1945-1953 -- Issues in the Emerging Cold War -- Images and Domestic Politics Harm Relations -- Counterparts: George Kennan and Nikolai Novikov -- Containment and Countercontainment, 1947-1949 -- The Most Dangerous Phase, 1950-1952 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Institutionalized Cold War, 1953-1962 -- The Cold War at Home -- A Modest Improvement in East-West Relations, 1953-1955 -- The Second Dangerous Phase, 1956-1962 -- Showdown: The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Shift toward Relative Détente, 1963-1972 -- An Improved Atmosphere in 1963 -- Vietnam at Center Stage, 1964-1968 -- Toward a New Balance of Power, 1969-1972 -- Counterparts: Daniel Ellsberg and Henry Kissinger -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 The Roller-Coaster Years, 1973-1984 -- Détente Bogs Down, 1973-1976 -- Different understandings of détente -- Continuing competition in the third world -- The continuing arms race despite SALT -- The lack of consensus in American public opinion -- The decline in presidential leadership in foreign policy -- Senator Jackson's congressional assault on détente -- Détente as an issue in the election of 1976 -- Carter Rides the Roller Coaster, 1977-1980 -- Reagan Challenges the Cold War Status Quo, 1981-1984 -- Counterparts: Jeane Kirkpatrick and Christopher Dodd -- Seeking Improved US-Soviet Relations, 1983-1984 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Epilogue: The Cold War Ends, 1985-1991 -- Bibliographical Essay -- General Works -- Prologue (1941-1945) and Chapter 1 (1945-1953) -- Chapter 2 (1953-1962) -- Chapter Three (1963-1972) -- Chapter Four (1973-1984) and Epilogue (1985-1991) -- Index. Supplemental Images -- EULA.

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Cold War.
World politics-1945-1989.
United States-Foreign relations-1933-1945.
United States-Foreign relations-1945-1989.
United States-Foreign relations-1989-.


Electronic books.

E840 .L435 2016

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