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1 online resource (xv, 416 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
In this memoir, Ambassador Ray Garthoff paints a dynamic diplomatic history of the cold war, tracing the life of the conflict from the vantage points of an observant insider. His intellectually formative years coincided with the earliest days of the cold war, and during his forty-year career, Garthoff participated in some of the most important policymaking of the twentieth century: - In the late 1950s he carried out pioneering research on Soviet military affairs at the Rand Corporation. - During his four-year tenure at the CIA (1957-61), in addition to drafting national intellingence estimates, Garthoff made trips to the Soviet Union with Vice President Richard Nixon and as an interpreter for a delegation from the Atomic Energy Commission. - As a special assistant in the State Department, Garthoff worked with Secretary Dean Rusk., and he was directly involved in the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Later he served as executive officer and senior State Department adviser for the strategic arms limitation talks (SALT) delegation. - In the 1970s he served as a senior Foreign Service inspector, leading missions to a number of countries around the globe. - As U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria (1977-79), Garthoff gained first-hand knowledge of the workings of a communist state and of the Soviet bloc. - In the 1980s, Garthoff wrote two major studies of American-Soviet relations. He traveled to the Soviet Union nearly a dozen times in the final decade of the cold war, and in the early 1990s he had access to the former Soviet Communist Party archives in Moscow. Garthoff's journey through the Cold War informs the views, positions, and actions of the past. His anecdotes and observations will be of great value to those anticipating the challenges of reevaluating American post-cold war security policy. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Garthoff, Raymond L.
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Garthoff, Raymond L. |
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Garthoff, Raymond L. |
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.
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Ambassadors. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Intelligence officers. |
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Ambassadors -- Bulgaria -- Biography.
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Bulgaria. |
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Cold War.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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International relations. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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1945-1989 |
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National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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National security. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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World politics. |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Herinneringen (vorm)
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Brookings Institution.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garthoff, Raymond L. Journey through the Cold War. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2001 0815701020 0815701012 (DLC) 2001002502 (OCoLC)46918576 |
| ISBN |
0815798520 (electronic book) |
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9780815798521 (electronic book) |
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0815701020 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815701026 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0815701012 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815701019 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1281770418 |
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9781281770417 |
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EB00642068 Recorded Books |
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