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A journey through the Cold War
A journey through the Cold War: a memoir of containment and coexistence
Raymond L. Garthoff
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.
ISBN: 0815701020   LCC: E748  

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: why this memoir? -- The Cold War begins: the formative
years, 1945-50 -- The view from a think tank: Soviet affairs expert
at RAND -- The thaw: observing the Soviet Union after Stalin -- CIA
and intelligence analysis and estimates -- "Foreign affairs adviser"
at the Pentagon -- Intelligence excursions in the Soviet Union -- The
espionage game -- Department of State: the Kennedy years (I) --
Department of State: the Kennedy years (II) -- The Cuban Missile
Crisis: turning point of the Cold War -- Department of State: the
Johnson years -- The diplomacy of East-West relations -- Negotiating
on strategic arms: SALT and the ABM Treaty -- Developing détente in
U.S.-Soviet relations -- Inspecting the American conduct of foreign
relations -- Ambassador to Bulgaria -- The decline and collapse of
the détente of the 1970s -- Witness to the Cold War endgame: 1980-90
-- Reflections on the Cold War -- Epilogue: a personal reminiscence.

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LCC Number: E748

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xv, 416 p. ; 25 cm.

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