| Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War Revised Edition Contributor(s): Gaddis, John Lewis (Author) |
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ISBN: 019517447X ISBN-13: 9780195174472 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: A must read for anyone interested in Cold War history, this updated edition shows how President Ronald Reagan completed the decades-long process of the containment of communism, thereby bringing the Cold War to an end. 3 maps. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 327.73 |
| LCCN: 2004065459 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.80 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |