Détente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to ReaganBrookings Institution, 1985 - 1147 pages In this revised edition of the acclaimed 1985 volume, newly declassified secret Russian as well as American materials are used as it reexamines the historical development of American-Soviet relations from 1969 through 1980. The book takes into account both the broader context of world politics and internal political considerations and developments, and examines these developments as experienced by both sides. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan Raymond L. Garthoff. ately that the United States should agree to the proposed meeting . 38 Nixon , with a long political history of being ardently anticommu- nist , and specifically anti ...
American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan Raymond L. Garthoff. ately that the United States should agree to the proposed meeting . 38 Nixon , with a long political history of being ardently anticommu- nist , and specifically anti ...
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... Nixon's political future - particularly when the con- tact and implied commitments had been so elaborately clandestine . When word of this invitation reached Nixon , and it did not come from the Chinese , he became very upset . 103 Nixon ...
... Nixon's political future - particularly when the con- tact and implied commitments had been so elaborately clandestine . When word of this invitation reached Nixon , and it did not come from the Chinese , he became very upset . 103 Nixon ...
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... Nixon's is particularly suspect be- cause of his known prevarication on this very matter in statements at the time ... Nixon of the Brezhnev message and recommended an alert , and that " the President concurred and empowered Kissinger to ...
... Nixon's is particularly suspect be- cause of his known prevarication on this very matter in statements at the time ... Nixon of the Brezhnev message and recommended an alert , and that " the President concurred and empowered Kissinger to ...
Contents
Contexts and Perspectives | 3 |
Domestic Political Contexts | 10 |
The Strategic Context | 16 |
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