Soviet-American relations
Subtitle: the détente years, 1969-1972
By: Edward C. Keefer, supervisory editor ; David C. Geyer, Douglas E. Selvage, editors.
Contributors: Keefer, Edward C. 1945-; Geyer, David C.; Selvage, Douglas Eugene.; Kissinger, Henry, 1923-; Dobrynin, Anatoliy Fedorovich, 1919-; United States. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian.; Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo inostrannykh del. Istoriko-dokumentalʹnyĭ departament.
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1027
ISBN-13: 9780160790652
Subjects: Detente; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
Notes: "Department of State publication 11438" -- p. [iv].

"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian" -- p. [vi].

"Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, History and Records Department" -- p [vi].

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Henry A. Kissinger; title: Foreword by Anatoly Dobrynin; title: I. The confidential channel, 1969-1971; title: 1. "We are entering an era of negotiation": opening the channel, February-December 1969; title: 2. Détente and complication: Vietnam, Middle East, Cuba, January-December 1970; title: 3. "The future of Soviet-US relations is in our hands": SALT, Berlin, Summit, January 1-July 14, 1971; title: 4. Between Beijing and Moscow: the advent of triangular diplomacy, July 15-November 14, 1971; title: 5. "A watershed in our relationship": the war in South Asia, November 15-December 31, 1971; title: II. The Moscow Summit, 1972; title: 6. "We are serious about pursuing détente": Nixon's trip to China and preparations for the Summit, January1-March 29, 1972; title: 7. "What a little country can do to wreck well-laid plans": the North Vietnamese spring offensive, March 30-April 18, 1972; title: 8. Dress rehearsal: Kissinger's secret trip to Moscow, April 19-24, 1972; title: 9. In the balance: Vietnam, Germany, and the Summit, April 25-May 21, 1972; title: 10. Face to face: Nixon and Brezhnev at the Summit, May 22-May 29, 1972.