Détente and the Nixon Doctrine

Détente and the Nixon Doctrine
Author: Robert Litwak
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1984
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521338349

Offering a fresh and challenging interpretation of the Nixon-Kissinger foreign policy in both historical and conceptual terms, Litwak focuses on the relationship between its two central elements: The United States-Soviet detente and the Nixon Doctrine, which provided the basis not only for the subsequent American withdrawal from Vietnam, but also for United States security policy toward the Third World in general.

The Grand Illusion: The Misinterpretation of the Nixon Doctrine

The Grand Illusion: The Misinterpretation of the Nixon Doctrine
Author: Nathanial Jung
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2019-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0359918697

The Grand Illusion: The Misinterpretation of the Nixon Doctrine is a thesis describing the missed points within the philosophy of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. The author summarizes the foreign policy actions taken during the Nixon presidency, as well as the philosophical reasoning behind the decisions.

Development of the Idea of Detente

Development of the Idea of Detente
Author: Michael B. Froman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2016-01-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349126764

Since the early 1950s, there has been agreement in the US concerning the desirability of improving relations with the Soviet Union. Policymakers have often disagreed, however, about how to implement policy and this book looks at the policy of individual administrations.