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A perceptive and illuminating historical analysis developing the theme that since 1947 u. Lovett professor of military and naval history at yale university. The most extensive study of kennans diplomacy to date, john l. However, the price of such an alliance resulted in an even more powerful and less fathomable authoritarian state, which eventually led to the.
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Gaddis is probably the best known historian writing in english about the cold war. Jun 23, 2005 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. He is the author of numerous books, including the united states and the origins of the cold war, 19411947 1972. Jun 23, 2005 strategies of containment, by john lewis gaddis, is a description of the evolving strategy of containment that was the basis of us policy toward the soviet union from 1946 through 1989. Strategies of containment paperback john lewis gaddis.
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