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The Resource A journey through the Cold War : a memoir of containment and coexistence, Raymond L. Garthoff, (electronic book)

A journey through the Cold War : a memoir of containment and coexistence, Raymond L. Garthoff, (electronic book)

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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
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xv, 416 p.
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
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9780815701026
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A journey through the Cold War : a memoir of containment and coexistence
Title
A journey through the Cold War
Title remainder
a memoir of containment and coexistence
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Raymond L. Garthoff
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Language
eng
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
Biography type
autobiography
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CaPaEBR
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Garthoff, Raymond L
Dewey number
  • 327.73/0092
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
E748
LC item number
.G27 2001eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • standards specifications
  • bibliography
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Brookings Institution
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  • Ambassadors
  • Intelligence officers
  • Ambassadors
  • Cold War
  • National security
  • World politics
  • United States
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
  • Garthoff, Raymond L
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A journey through the Cold War : a memoir of containment and coexistence, Raymond L. Garthoff, (electronic book)
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ebr10026279
Dimensions
25 cm.
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
xv, 416 p.
Form of item
electronic
Isbn
9780815701026
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Original version note
Original electronic resource.
Reproduction note
Electronic resource.
Specific material designation
remote
Label
A journey through the Cold War : a memoir of containment and coexistence, Raymond L. Garthoff, (electronic book)
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ebr10026279
Dimensions
25 cm.
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
xv, 416 p.
Form of item
electronic
Isbn
9780815701026
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Original version note
Original electronic resource.
Reproduction note
Electronic resource.
Specific material designation
remote

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