The Rise and Fall of Détente American Foreign Policy and the Transformation of the Cold War

"The scholarship on detente has exploded in the last decade, enhancing our understanding of the many dimensions of political, economic, and social change during the 1960s and 1970s. Jussi Hanhimaki is a leading contributor to the new body of scholarship. This book draws on a deep reading of the best research of the last decade, it explains the transformation of the Cold War, and it analyzes why detente did not last. This is a landmark book for understanding the successes and failures of international reform." Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs and author of "Liberty s Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama"