The Kremlinologist : Llewellyn E Thompson, America's Man in Cold War Moscow /

"The Kremlinologist chronicles major events of the Cold War through the prism of the life of one of its top diplomats, Llewellyn Thompson. His life went from the wilds of the American West to the inner sanctums of the White House and the Kremlin. As the ambassador to Moscow, he became an import...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thompson, Jenny, 1949- (Autor), Thompson, Sherry, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Thompson, Llewellyn > 1904-1972
Thompson, Llewellyn, > 1904-1972.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava
Diplomatie
World politics.
Diplomats.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomacy.
Ambassadors.
Politique mondiale > 1945-1989.
Diplomates > États-Unis > Biographies.
Guerre froide > Histoire diplomatique.
Ambassadeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
World politics > 1945-1989.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Cold War > Diplomatic history.
Ambassadors > United States > Biography.
United States.
Soviet Union.
URSS > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > URSS.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1945-1989.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Llewellyn E Thompson : a Cold War owl in the cause of peace
  • Expectations and Education. The beginning
  • Into the world
  • To Moscow
  • The siege of Moscow
  • The Germans in retreat
  • Conferences
  • The hot war ends and the Cold War begins
  • The Truman Doctrine
  • The birth of covert operations
  • Overseas again
  • Negotiations. Chief of mission
  • The Trieste negotiations
  • The Austrian State Treaty negotiations
  • Open skies, closed borders
  • Diplomacy. Khrushchev's decade (1953-1964)
  • Moscow 2
  • Khrushchev's first gamble : Berlin poker
  • Dueling exhibitions
  • The Russian is coming
  • U-2 : the end of detente
  • Picking up the pieces
  • Working for the new president
  • Meeting in Vienna
  • The Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party
  • Up the down escalator : the Thompson-Gromyko talks
  • Goodbye Moscow, hello Washington
  • Thirteen days in October
  • Limited Test Ban
  • Policy. The Lyndon Johnson years
  • Strand one : Vietnam (1962-1967)
  • Thompson's Vietnam
  • Strand two : Nonproliferation (1962-1967)
  • Strand three : The road to SALT (1962-1967)
  • Moscow 3
  • The Six-Day War : hotline diplomacy
  • Glassboro : The summit that wasn't (June 23-25, 1967)
  • 1968 : A year of frustrated promise
  • "Retirement," so to speak.

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