Détente and the Nixon Doctrine

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. America as the night-watchman state, 1947–1968; 2. Charting the Nixon-Kissinger strategy; 3. The Nixon-Kissinger strategy: 1. Defining the 'limited adversary relationship', 1969–1973; 4. The Nixon-Kissinger strategy: 2. The limits of politico-military retrenchment; 5. The Nixon-Kissinger strategy: 3. Detente and the dilemmas of strategic management, 1973–1976; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

'Detente and the Nixon Doctrine is an important contribution to the historiography of American foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford administrations.' American Political Science Review