Title: Strategies of containment
First published: 1982
Description: When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, Gaddis provides a thorough critical analysis of George F. Kennan's original strategy of containment, NSC-68, The Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look," the Kennedy-Johnson "flexible response" strategy, the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of detente, and now a comprehensive assessment of how Reagan - and Gorbechev - completed the process of containment, thereby bringing the Cold War to an end.
Subjects: Foreign relations, National security, History, United States, Security, international, United states, politics and government, 1945-1989, United states, military policy, United states, defenses, United states, history, 20th century
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century, 1945-1989, 1989-, 21st century, 1945-