United States and the End of the Cold War Implications, Reconsiderations, and Provocations
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Biografisk notat
John Gaddis is the author of several books including The Long Peace: Inquiries into the History of the Cold War (OUP NY, 1989), Strategies of Containment: Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy (OUP NY, 1983), and Russia, the Soviet Union and the United States: An Interpretive History (McGraw, 1990). He lives in Ohio, USA.'He writes with elegance, wit and considerable erudition ... a clear-minded criticism of mistaken policies tempered with a willingness to challenge received liberal wisdoms.'
John Yates, Yorkshire Post
'He writes with elegance, wit and considerable erudition ... a clear-minded criticism of mistaken policies tempered with a willingness to challenge received liberal wisdoms.'
John Yates, Yorkshire Post
Reviewing the work of John Lewis Gaddis is not unlike being asked to comment on a ride in a Rolls Royce. The efficiency of the workmanship, the comfort of the journey and the quiet sense of satisfaction at its conclusions leaves the reader feeling smugly pleased at having had such an opportunity ... this is a scholarly work by an academic of outstanding abilty which will be invaluable to all who work in the field of American foreign policy.
Contemporary Security Policy
The analysis of the 'dead' world is excellent: that of the new world at times optimistic. A marvellous book, beautifully written.
Contemporary Politics