Strategies Of Containment
A Critical Appraisal Of Postwar American National Security Policy
Ranked #71 in The Cold War
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... more
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Charles Kupchan Gaddis does a very good job of telling the story of the emergence of US efforts to contain the Soviet Union, and he packages the story in a conceptual way that has shaped public debate about American strategy ever since. (Source)
Lawrence Kaplan Strategies of Containment is a survey of various tactics applied in the larger strategy of containment that we relied on during the Cold War. (Source)
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