Description: In keeping with the other titles in Robert J. McMahons Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations series, Jussi M. Hanhimki offers students and scholars a survey of the evolution of American foreign policy during a key period in recent history,
Review Quotes: "Jussi Hanhimäki's provocative analysis highlights a central paradox: détente triggered a sequence of events that eroded the fundamentals of the very Cold War system it was designed to stabilize. This luminous volume vividly describes the unintended consequences of policy initiatives and provides valuable insight into why the Cold War came to an end."--Melvyn P. Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of Virginia