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Gaddis, John Lewis.

Strategies of containment a critical appraisal of American national security policy during the Cold War / [electronic resource] : 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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
National security--History--United States--20th century.
National security--History--United States--21st century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E744 / .G24 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 327.73/009/045