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Riia Ser.: Superpower Detente by Phil Williams and Michael Bowker (1988, Trade Paperback)

Superpower Detente is an outstanding assessment of the highs and lows in the relationship between the two superpowers in the 1970s, and the prospects for a continuing detente between them in the 1980s. This thorough examination of the 1970s reminds us that improvements early in that decade gave way to stalemate and the demise of detente. The early 1970s saw the most far reaching moves toward detente since the inception of the Cold War. But, Bowker and Williams suggest, the coincidence of interests between the superpowers hid divergent conceptions of what detente was and what kind of behaviour it required.

Series Volume Number
2
Lc Classification Number
E183.8.S65
Volume Number
Vol. 2
Reviews
'Although the Cold War is over and the Soviet Union no longer exists, this book is still important as it provides a thoughtful and critical analysis of the events that can be used as a lesson for today's relations among states' - Muslim World Book Review '... the book is a timely work, deserving of a wide readership... It is encouraging that in a period when 'contemporary history' has gone into something of a decline... a book of this sort is written. The objective approach of the two authors, their willingness to analyse Soviet policies as well as those of the US... their clarity of expression and their breadth of vision are also to be admired... It is a book well-written, well structured and well-judged.' Millennium
Table of Content
Differing Interpretations of DetenteFrom Cold War to DetenteSuperpower Interests in DetenteThe Substance of DetenteDetente and the Middle East War of 1973Superpower Detente and Competition in the Third WorldAmerican Domestic Politics and DetenteSoviet Domestic Policies and DetenteArms Control, the Strategic Balance and the Demise of DetenteAfghanistan and the Return to Cold WarConclusion
Copyright Date
1988
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
History & Theory, International Relations / General
Dewey Decimal
327.47073
Dewey Edition
19
Genre
Political Science

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