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ISBN 82-00-37671-0 |
| Table of Contents | |
| Preface | ix |
| I. Détente Revisited | |
| The Fall of
Détente and the Turning Tides of History Odd Arne Westad |
3 |
| Keys of Keys?
SALT II and the Breakdown of Détente Olav Njølstad |
34 |
| Superpower
Competition in the Middle East and the Collapse of
Détente Carol R. Saivetz |
72 |
| The Demise of
Détente and US Domestic Politics Dan Caldwell |
95 |
| The Road to
Kabul: Soviet Policy on Afghanistan, 1978-1979 Odd Arne Westad |
118 |
| Why Did the
Cold War Last as Long as It Did? John Lewis Gaddis |
149 |
| II. Détente Documents | |
| A. SALT AND BILATERAL RELATIONS | 171 |
| Jimmy Carter's letter to Leonid Brezhnev, 15 February 1977 | 171 |
| Communist Party Politburo instructions for Ambassador Dobrynin, 18 February 1977 | 177 |
| Leonid Brezhnev's letter to Jimmy Carter, 26 February 1977 | 180 |
| Carter's conversation with Andrei Gromyko, 27 May 1978 | 186 |
| Brezhnev speech in Politburo on foreign affairs issues, 8 June 1978 | 206 |
| Communist Party Politburo discussion on human rights, 22 June 1978 | 210 |
| Ambassador Dobrynin's political report to Gromyko on Soviet-American relations, 11 July 1978 | 212 |
| Cyrus Vance's conversation with Andrei Gromyko, 13 July 1978 | 219 |
| Carter's conversation with Brezhnev, 16 June 1979 | 223 |
| Brezhnev's conversation with Erich Honecker, 27 July 1979 | 232 |
| B. REGIONAL CONFLICTS | |
| Fidel Castro's report to Erich Honecker on the Cuban visit to Africa, 3 April 1977 | 236 |
| Policy Review Committee (PRC) meeting on Horn of Africa, 11 April 1977 | 241 |
| Carter's letter to Brezhnev, 21 December 1977 | 244 |
| Special Coordination Committee (SCC) meeting on the Horn of Africa, 22 February 1978 | 246 |
| SCC meeting on Horn of Africa, 2 March 1978 | 258 |
| Brezhnev at Communist Party Politburo meeting on Horn of Africa, 9 March 1978 | 270 |
| Communist Party International Department on Soviet-Ethiopian Relations, 3 April 1978 | 271 |
| Communist Party Politburo meeting on Horn of Africa, 27 April 1978 | 272 |
| Gromyko's conversation with Vance, 31 May 1978 | 275 |
| Brezhnev's and Carter's letters on the Soviet "combat brigade" on Cuba, 25 and 27 September 1979 | 279 |
| Communist Party Politburo meeting on the "combat brigade" on Cuba, 27 September 1979 | 281 |
| C. AFGHANISTAN AND AFTER | |
| Communist Party Politburo meeting on Afghanistan, 17 March 1979 | 283 |
| Report to Communist Party Politburo meeting on Afghanistan, 28 June 1979 | 307 |
| Brezhnev's conversation with Honecker on international affairs, 4 October 1979 | 308 |
| Report to Communist Party Politburo on the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, 31 December 1979 | 313 |
| Communist Party Politburo meeting on Afghanistan, 17 January 1980 | 317 |
| Report to Communist Party Politburo on Afghanistan, 27 January 1980 | 319 |
| Brzezinski's report to Carter on the Soviet Afghan intervention, 26 December 1979 | 325 |
| NSC meeting on Afghanistan, 2 January 1980 | 328 |
| Marshall Shulman's letter to Cyrus Vance on US-Soviet relations after Afghanistan, 15 February 1980 | 347 |
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