a critical appraisal of American national security policy during the Cold War /
John Lewis Gaddis.
Rev. and expanded ed.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
xvi, 484 p. ;
22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-471) and index.
Containment before Kennan -- George F. Kennan and the strategy of containment -- Implementing containment -- NSC-68 and the Korean War -- Eisenhower, Dulles and the new look -- Implementing the new look -- Kennedy, Johnson, and flexible response -- Implementing flexible response: Vietnam as a test case -- Nixon, Kissinger, and détente -- Implementing détente -- Reagan, Gorbachev, and the completion of containment.
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National security-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
National security-- United States-- History-- 21st century.