The Fall Of Detente

Author : Odd Arne Westad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015045621672

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The Fall of Detente by Odd Arne Westad Pdf

The relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States at the end of the 1970s was dominated by a series of conflicts over arms control issues and interventions in the Third World. In the end, the sum of these conflicts destroyed the framework of relaxation of superpower tension known as detente and ushered in a period of renewed Cold war rivalry in the early 1980s. It is now possible to look more closely at what happened in the relationship between Washington and Moscow in this era through recently declassified Soviet and American documents. This volume contains a number of interpretative essays from leading Cold War historians, as well as some of the more important documents from Eastern Bloc and American archives. It centres on the SALT II negotiations, on conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan and on bilateral issues, such as trade and human rights.

Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198859543

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The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction by Robert J. McMahon Pdf

Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.

Author : Jussi M. Hanhimäki
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612345864

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The Rise and Fall of Détente by Jussi M. Hanhimäki Pdf

From Kennedy to Reagan.

Author : Richard W Stevenson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1985-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349070244

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The Rise and Fall of Détente by Richard W Stevenson Pdf

Author : Harry Gelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Detente
ISBN : IND:39000000636303

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The Rise and Fall of Detente by Harry Gelman Pdf

"This paper reviews recent obstacles to progress in arms control negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union. The author attributes the current status of arms control to both the situation that the Reagan Administration inherited when it came into office and to unresolved disagreements within the administration itself. He sees grounds for cautious optimism that the arms-control process can be revived but warns of the danger that the negotiations within the government, on issues such as the real negotiability of cruise missiles and strategic defenses, will continue to no avail."--Rand abstracts

Author : John Van Oudenaren
Publisher : Guides to European Diplomatic
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015021978294

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Détente in Europe by John Van Oudenaren Pdf

The monumental events in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union must be understood, Jan Van Oudenaren argues, in the context of a process of East-West détente begun in 1953 in the aftermath of Stalin's death. Van Oudenaren's comprehensive and timely study examines the development of Soviet-Western détente from the death of Stalin to the unification of Germany. In redefining détente as a process, rather than a code of conduct, Van Oudenaren looks to its origins in Soviet policy earlier than previously identified and analyzes both its history and character. His study explores the restoration of four-power negotiations in Germany and Austria in the mid-1950s, their subsequent breakdown in the Berlin crisis, their unexpected revival in 1990 in the form of "two plus four" talks on German unity, and the future of the Soviet Union as a European power. Among the key elements of détente discussed are diplomacy, particularly the role of summit conferences; cooperation among parliaments, political parties, and trade unions; arms control; economic relations; and links among cultural institutions, churches, and peace movements.

Author : Leopoldo Nuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134044979

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The Crisis of Détente in Europe by Leopoldo Nuti Pdf

This edited volume is the first detailed exploration of the last phase of the Cold War, taking a critical look at the crisis of détente in Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The transition from détente to a new phase of harsh confrontation and severe crises is an interesting, indeed crucial, phase of the evolution of the international system. This book makes use of previously unreleased archival materials, moving beyond existing interpretations of this period by challenging the traditional bipolar paradigm that focuses mostly on the role of the superpowers in the transformation of the international system. The essays here emphasize the combination and the interplay of a large number of variables- political, ideological, economic and military - and explore the topic from a truly international perspective. Issues covered include human rights, the Euromissiles, the CSCE (Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe), the Revolution in Military Affairs, economic growth and its consequences.

Author : Melvyn P. Leffler,Odd Arne Westad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521837194

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The Cambridge History of the Cold War by Melvyn P. Leffler,Odd Arne Westad Pdf

This volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War in the first comprehensive historical reexamination of the period. A team of leading scholars shows how the conflict evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic and sociopolitical environments of the two world wars and interwar period.

Author : Jeremi Suri
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674256996

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Power and Protest by Jeremi Suri Pdf

In a brilliantly-conceived book, Jeremi Suri puts the tumultuous 1960s into a truly international perspective in the first study to examine the connections between great power diplomacy and global social protest. Profoundly disturbed by increasing social and political discontent, Cold War powers united on the international front, in the policy of detente. Though reflecting traditional balance of power considerations, detente thus also developed from a common urge for stability among leaders who by the late 1960s were worried about increasingly threatening domestic social activism. In the early part of the decade, Cold War pressures simultaneously inspired activists and constrained leaders; within a few years activism turned revolutionary on a global scale. Suri examines the decade through leaders and protesters on three continents, including Mao Zedong, Charles de Gaulle, Martin Luther King Jr., Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He describes connections between policy and protest from the Berkeley riots to the Prague Spring, from the Paris strikes to massive unrest in Wuhan, China. Designed to protect the existing political order and repress movements for change, detente gradually isolated politics from the public. The growth of distrust and disillusion in nearly every society left a lasting legacy of global unrest, fragmentation, and unprecedented public skepticism toward authority.

Author : Raymond L. Garthoff
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815730411

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Detente and Confrontation by Raymond L. Garthoff Pdf

In this revised edition of his acclaimed 1985 volume, incorporating newly declassified secret Russian as well as American materials, Raymond Garthoff 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. Despite a long history as rivals and adversaries, the U.S. and the Soviet Union reached a ditente in relations in 1972. From 1975 to 1979, however, this ditente gradually eroded until it collapsed in the wake of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Garthoff recounts how differences in ideology, perceptions, aims, and interests were key determinants of both U.S. and Soviet policies. Involvements in Europe, with China, and in the third world further entangled their relations. And each saw the other not only as harboring hostile intentions but also as building military and other capabilities to support such aims. Ditente--as well as confrontation--remained an alternative only within the constraints of a continuing cold war. Praise for the first edition: "A gold mine of information." The New York Times Book Review "A monumental contribution offering insightful, rarely considered comparisons of Soviet and American perspectives." Library Journal Praise for the revised edition: "This unprecedented, detailed volume adds invaluable new information to the public knowledge and the historical record." Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin

Author : Anne Hessing Cahn
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271030135

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Killing Detente by Anne Hessing Cahn Pdf

Killing Detente tells the story of a major episode of intelligence intervention in politics in the mid-1970s that led to the derailing of detente between the Soviet Union and the United States and to the resurgence of the Cold War in the following decade. Although the basic outlines of the story are already known, Anne Cahn succeeded in getting many previously declassified documents released and uses these, supplemented by seventy interviews with principal players, to add much greater depth and detail to our understanding of this troubling event in U. S. history. In the mid-1970s a very controversial intelligence estimate was performed by people outside the government. They were given access to our most secret files and leaked their report to the press when Jimmy Carter was elected president. This study, which became known as &"The Team B Report,&" became the intellectual forbearer of the &"window of vulnerability&" and led to the demise of detente between the Soviet Union and the United States. Team B was the fundamental turning point in renewing the Cold War in the 1980s. The debate over the leaked report moved the center of arms control policy strongly to the right from where it had been during the years of detente. Team B presaged the triumph of Ronald Reagan and a military buildup on a scale unprecedented in peacetime that left present and future generations with the most crippling debt in our nation&’s history. This book is about attempts to destroy improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Those opposed to the easing of tensions between the two countries used every means available, including accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of understating the threat posed by the Soviets. Charging the CIA this way seems preposterous now.

Author : Douglas Rivero
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761860433

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The Détente Deception by Douglas Rivero Pdf

This book examines the competition between the Western and Soviet blocs in the less-developed world during the final years of Détente. Rivero assesses if the Soviet bloc pushed for strategic gains in the Third World and whether this contributed to the U.S. decision to abandon Détente in 1979.

Author : Jack Matlock
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812974898

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Reagan and Gorbachev by Jack Matlock Pdf

“[Matlock’s] account of Reagan’s achievement as the nation’s diplomat in chief is a public service.”—The New York Times Book Review “Engrossing . . . authoritative . . . a detailed and reliable narrative that future historians will be able to draw on to illuminate one of the most dramatic periods in modern history.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In Reagan and Gorbachev, Jack F. Matlock, Jr., a former U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R. and principal adviser to Ronald Reagan on Soviet and European affairs, gives an eyewitness account of how the Cold War ended. Working from his own papers, recent interviews with major figures, and unparalleled access to the best and latest sources, Matlock offers an insider’s perspective on a diplomatic campaign far more sophisticated than previously thought, waged by two leaders of surpassing vision. Matlock details how Reagan privately pursued improved U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations even while engaging in public saber rattling. When Gorbachev assumed leadership, however, Reagan and his advisers found a willing partner in peace. Matlock shows how both leaders took risks that yielded great rewards and offers unprecedented insight into the often cordial working relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev. Both epic and intimate, Reagan and Gorbachev will be the standard reference on the end of the Cold War, a work that is critical to our understanding of the present and the past.

Author : Mike Bowker,Phil Williams
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1988-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015013397768

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Superpower Detente by Mike Bowker,Phil Williams Pdf

Superpower Detente is an outstanding assessment of the highs and lows in the relationship between the two superpowers in the 1970s, and the prospects for a continuing detente between them in the 1980s. This thorough examination of the 1970s reminds us that improvements early in that decade gave way to stalemate and the demise of detente. The early 1970s saw the most far reaching moves toward detente since the inception of the Cold War. But, Bowker and Williams suggest, the coincidence of interests between the superpowers hid divergent conceptions of what detente was and what kind of behaviour it required.

Author : Louise Woodroofe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Africa, Northeast
ISBN : 1606351842

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"Buried in the Sands of the Ogaden" by Louise Woodroofe Pdf

When the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the Soviet Union and United States faltered during the administration of Jimmy Carter, National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski claimed that SALT lies buried in the sands of the Ogaden. How did superpower détente survive Vietnam but stumble in the Horn of Africa? Historian Louise Woodroofe takes Brzezinski's claim as a starting point to analyze superpower relations during the 1970s, and in so doing she reveals how conflict in East Africa became a critical turning point in the ongoing Cold War battle for supremacy --