Keith L. Nelson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on US-Europe relations in the twentieth century.

• Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Developing Confrontation Chapter 2. The Breakdown of Old Arrangements Chapter 3. New Military Parity and the Decline of Bipolarity Chapter 4. Seeking America's Escape from Vietnam Chapter 5. Finding America's Way to Detente Chapter 6. Brezhnev and Squaring the Circle Epilogue: From Detente to the Gorbachev Revolution Notes Bibliography Index

The Johns Hopkins Press has published another thought-provoking and well-written book that encourages international relations specialists to rethink key assumptions about the cold war . . . The study invites both more reflection and research. It is likely to prove a seminal work to diplomatic historians and international relations specialists alike in the years ahead.—Allan E. Goodman, International History Review

Keith L. Nelson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on US-Europe relations in the twentieth century.

• Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Developing Confrontation Chapter 2. The Breakdown of Old Arrangements Chapter 3. New Military Parity and the Decline of Bipolarity Chapter 4. Seeking America's Escape from Vietnam Chapter 5. Finding America's Way to Detente Chapter 6. Brezhnev and Squaring the Circle Epilogue: From Detente to the Gorbachev Revolution Notes Bibliography Index

The Johns Hopkins Press has published another thought-provoking and well-written book that encourages international relations specialists to rethink key assumptions about the cold war . . . The study invites both more reflection and research. It is likely to prove a seminal work to diplomatic historians and international relations specialists alike in the years ahead.—Allan E. Goodman, International History Review

Keith L. Nelson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on US-Europe relations in the twentieth century.

• Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Developing Confrontation Chapter 2. The Breakdown of Old Arrangements Chapter 3. New Military Parity and the Decline of Bipolarity Chapter 4. Seeking America's Escape from Vietnam Chapter 5. Finding America's Way to Detente Chapter 6. Brezhnev and Squaring the Circle Epilogue: From Detente to the Gorbachev Revolution Notes Bibliography Index

The Johns Hopkins Press has published another thought-provoking and well-written book that encourages international relations specialists to rethink key assumptions about the cold war . . . The study invites both more reflection and research. It is likely to prove a seminal work to diplomatic historians and international relations specialists alike in the years ahead.—Allan E. Goodman, International History Review