A journey through the Cold War [Elektronisk resurs] a memoir of containment and coexistence / Raymond L. Garthoff.

• Preface : why this memoir? -- The Cold War begins : the formative years, 1945-50 -- The view from a think tank : Soviet affairs expert at RAND -- The thaw : observing the Soviet Union after Stalin -- CIA and intelligence analysis and estimates -- "Foreign affairs adviser" at the Pentagon -- Intelligence excursions in the Soviet Union -- The espionage game -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (I) -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (II) -- The Cuban Missile Crisis : turning point of the Cold War -- Department of State : the Johnson years -- The diplomacy of East-West relations -- Negotiating on strategic arms : SALT and the ABM Treaty -- Developing détente in U.S.-Soviet relations -- Inspecting the American conduct of foreign relations -- Ambassador to Bulgaria -- The decline and collapse of the détente of the 1970s -- Witness to the Cold War endgame : 1980-90 -- Reflections on the Cold War -- Epilogue : a personal reminiscence.

Ämnesord

Cold War.  (LCSH)

Ambassadors  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

Intelligence officers  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

Ambassadors  -- Bulgaria -- Biography. (LCSH)

National security  -- United States -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

World politics  -- 1945-1989. (LCSH)

United States  -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. (LCSH)

Soviet Union  -- Foreign relations -- United States. (LCSH)

United States  -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books.  (local)

Personnamn

Garthoff, Raymond L.

Klassifikation

E748 (LCC)

327.73/0092 (DDC)

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