Stephan Kieninger is a historian at the Federal German Archives.

• Introduction: The United States and the Power of Dynamic Détente PoliciesPart I: The Evolution of America’s Transformation Strategy, 1947–1968Chapter 1: The Origins of America’s Transformation Approach in the Cold War, 1947–1963Chapter 2: “Thawing the Cold War”: Lyndon Johnson, Bridge Building, and the Search for Détente, 1964–1966Chapter 3: Peaceful Engagement and Plans for Europe’s Transformation, 1966–1968Part II: Setbacks and Survival: The Longevity of America’s Transformation Policy during the Nixon and Ford Years, 1969–1976Chapter 4: Power Politics: Richard Nixon’s and Henry Kissinger’s Concept for DétenteChapter 5: SALT: “Diverting the Arms Race into the Permitted Channels,” 1969–1976Chapter 6: “Do you want it done or do you want to have it talked about?”: NATO’s Policy on MBFR, 1970–1975Chapter 7: Ostpolitik and the Idea for a European Security Conference: Catalysts for the Continuation of the Transformation Policy, 1969–1972Chapter 8: Transformation or Status Quo?: CSCE, MBFR

Kieninger’s account is persuasively argued and deeply researched.... Dynamic Détente is rooted in impressive archival and primary-source research in American state files and personal papers and a handful of German and North Atlantic Treaty Organization records.... [A] fine contribution to a growing body of work on U.S.-European relations and U.S. policy making that highlights the origins, complexities, and contradictions of détente