Superpower illusions : how myths and false ideologies led America astray-- and how to return to reality /

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Former U.S. ambassador to the USSRJack F. Matlock refutes the enduring idea that the United States forced the collapse of the Soviet Union by applying military and economic pressure--with wide-ranging implications for U.S. foreign policy. Matlock argues that Gorbachev, not Reagan, undermined Communi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Matlock, Jack F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Since 1981
Cold War > Influence.
Unilateral acts (International law)
Intervention (International law)
International cooperation.
International Cooperation
Actes unilatéraux (Droit international)
Intervention (Droit international)
Coopération internationale.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations > Philosophy
International cooperation
Military policy
War > Influence
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > Philosophy.
United States > Military policy.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1989-
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1981-1989.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > URSS.
URSS > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
Soviet Union
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Myths and realities
  • Framework diplomacy : Reagan's approach to Gorbachev
  • Cleanup diplomacy and conclusions we can draw
  • Regime change : the Soviet Union disintegrates
  • A new world? (1992)
  • The unipolar delusion (the 1990s)
  • Hubris and its consequences (1993-2000)
  • Asleep at the switch : 9/11 and the "War on Terror"
  • Tar baby Iraq
  • Ideology trumps reality (2001-2009)
  • Course change
  • An agenda, not a doctrine.

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