A journey through the Cold War
Subtitle: a memoir of containment and coexistence
By: Raymond L. Garthoff.
Contributors: Brookings Institution.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Garthoff, Raymond L; Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography; Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography; Ambassadors -- Bulgaria -- Biography; Cold War; National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century; World politics -- 1945-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In this memoir, Ambassador Raymond Garthoff paints a diplomatic history of the Cold War, tracing the life of the conflict from the vantage point of an observant insider. The author's intellectually formative years coincided with the earliest days of the Cold War, and he participated in some of the most important policymaking of the twentieth century.".

"Garthoff's journey through the Cold War informs the views, positions, and actions of the past. His anecdotes and observations will also be of great value to those anticipating the challenges of reevaluating American post-Cold War security policy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : why this memoir?; title: The Cold War begins : the formative years, 1945-50; title: The view from a think tank : Soviet affairs expert at RAND; title: The thaw : observing the Soviet Union after Stalin; title: CIA and intelligence analysis and estimates; title: "Foreign affairs adviser" at the Pentagon; title: Intelligence excursions in the Soviet Union; title: The espionage game; title: Department of State : the Kennedy years (I); title: Department of State : the Kennedy years (II); title: The Cuban Missile Crisis : turning point of the Cold War; title: Department of State : the Johnson years; title: The diplomacy of East-West relations; title: Negotiating on strategic arms : SALT and the ABM Treaty; title: Developing détente in U.S.-Soviet relations; title: Inspecting the American conduct of foreign relations; title: Ambassador to Bulgaria; title: The decline and collapse of the détente of the 1970s; title: Witness to the Cold War endgame : 1980-90; title: Reflections on the Cold War; title: Epilogue : a personal reminiscence.