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A journey through the Cold War : a memoir of containment and coexistence
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- Creator
- Raymond L. Garthoff
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- xv, 416 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780815701026, 9780815701019, 9786611770419, 0815701020, 0815701012, 9781281770417, 0815798520, 1281770418, 9780815798521
- OCLC
- ocm53482730, ocm46918576, ocm70728971, on1017611525
- 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
Subjects
- Garthoff, Raymond L.
- Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.
- Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
- Ambassadors -- Bulgaria -- Biography.
- Cold War.
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- World politics -- 1945-1989.
- World politics -- 1989-
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.