Including extensive, balanced information, keen insights, and helpful research tools, this book provides a valuable resource for students or general readers interested in American policy, diplomacy, and conduct during the Cold War.

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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Chapter 1. Historical Overview; Chapter 2. Origins and Early Years of the Cold War; Chapter 3. McCarthyism, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Culture of the Cold War; Chapter 4. Cuban Missile Crisis; Chapter 5. Vietnam, Détente, and Watergate; Chapter 6. The End of the Cold War and Beyond; Biographies; Dean Acheson; Elizabeth T. Bentley; Charles E. Bohlen; John Foster Dulles; J. William Fulbright; William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr.; Thomas Emmet Hayden; J. [John] Edgar Hoover; George F. Kennan. Robert F. KennedyHeinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger; Fulton Lewis, Jr.; George C. Marshall; Joseph R. McCarthy; George McGovern; Arthur A. Miller; Edward R. Murrow; Paul H. Nitze; Fulton John Sheen; Primary Documents; 1. Yalta Agreement, February 11, 1945; 2. "The Long Telegram," George F. Kennan, February 22, 1946; 3. The Truman Doctrine, March 12, 1947; 4. Truman Loyalty Oath, March 21, 1947; 5. The Marshall Plan, June 5, 1947; 6. Senator Joseph McCarthy's Lincoln Day Speech, Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950 7. National Security Council Report 68, United States Objectives and Programs for National Security, April 14, 19508. "Declaration of Conscience," Senator Margaret Chase Smith, June 1, 1950; 9. Speech on Massive Retaliation, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, January 12, 1954; 10. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address, January 17, 1961; 11. Address to the Nation by President John F. Kennedy on the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 22, 1962; 12. President John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech, June 26, 1963 13. President Lyndon B. Johnson's Address at The Johns Hopkins University, "Peace without Conquest," April 7, 196514. Détente with the Soviet Union, June 28, 1968; 15. Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, The Shanghai Communiqué, February 27, 1972; 16. President Jimmy Carter's Remarks at the Signing of the Peace Treaties between Egypt and Israel, March 26, 1979; 17. President Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, "The Evil Empire" Speech, Orlando, Florida, March 8, 1983 18. President Ronald W. Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" Speech, Berlin, June 12, 198719. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, December 8, 1987; 20. President George H. W. Bush's State of the Union Address, January 28, 1992; Annotated Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; F; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z