Description |
xx, 1206 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents |
1. Contexts, Perspectives, and Issues -- 2. American and Soviet Conceptions of Detente -- 3. The Road to the Summit, 1969-72 -- 4. Europe Moves to Detente, 1966-72 -- 5. Opening an Era of Negotiation: SALT I, 1969-72 -- 6. Establishing Triangular Diplomacy: China and American-Soviet Relations, 1969-72 -- 7. The Crucible for Triangular Diplomacy: Ending the War in Vietnam, 1969-72 -- 8. Triangular Diplomacy and Regional Conflict: The Indo-Pakistani War, 1971 -- 9. Detente Launched: The First Nixon-Brezhnev Summit, May 1972 -- 10. Developing Detente: The Second Summit, June 1973 -- 11. Detente and Competition: The October War, 1973 -- 12. Detente Stalled: Watergate and the Third Summit, 1974 -- 13. The Ford Administration: New Efforts and New Obstacles, 1974-75 -- 14. European Security and European Insecurities, 1973-76 -- 15. Competition in the Third World: Angola, 1975-76 -- 16. Detente on the Defensive, 1976 -- 17. The Carter Administration, 1977 |
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18. A Turn Toward Confrontation, 1978 -- 19. Competition in the Third World: Africa and the Middle East, 1977-79 -- 20. The China Card, 1978 -- 21. The Vienna Summit amid Renewed Tensions, 1979 -- 22. The Strategic Balance and Military Detente, 1977-80 -- 23. Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: SALT II, 1977-79 -- 24. A Wild Card: The Soviet Brigade in Cuba, 1979 -- 25. European Theater Nuclear Forces, 1977-80 -- 26. Afghanistan: Soviet Intervention and the American Reaction, 1978-80 -- 27. After Afghanistan: U.S. Return to Containment, 1980 -- 28. The Failure of the Detente of the 1970s -- 29. Learning from History: Detente and the Cold War |
Analysis |
Detente |
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Diplomacy |
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History, 1970-1979 |
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International defence relations |
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International disputes |
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International relations |
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Overseas item |
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Regional security |
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Soviet Union |
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United States |
Notes |
Previous ed.: 1985 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
SUBJECT |
USSR -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115
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Author |
Brookings Institution.
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LC no. |
94011817 |
ISBN |
0815730411 (pa : alk. paper) |
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081573042X (cl : alk. paper) |
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