Strategies of containment : 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--History--United States--20th century. National security--History--United States--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989. United States--Foreign relations--1989-