TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zanchetta,Barbara
TI  - The Transformation of American International Power in the 1970s
SN  - 9781461950691
AV  - E840 .Z36 2013eb
U1  - 327.73009/04 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - International Relations
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Government
KW  - International
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1969-1974
KW  - 1974-1977
KW  - 1977-1981
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - URSS
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index; Introduction -- Part I. The Remaking of American Global Power, 1969-1976. 1. The Nixon administration and a 'moment of beginning' -- 2. The diplomatic revolution: the China opening -- 3. An 'era of negotiation' versus the 'supreme test': Nixon between SALT I and Vietnam -- 4. 'Protect me': Nixon and the Shah of Iran -- 5. Détente questioned: domestic challenges and international crisis -- 6. The Ford (and Kissinger) administration -- 7. Defending the dual track: SALT II, Angola, and the crisis of détente -- Part II. Rethinking the Fall of Detente, 1977-1980. 8. The Carter administration's ambitious agenda -- 9. Initial shift: the Horn of Africa -- 10. Re-creating the strategic triangle: normalization with China and SALT II; --11. The loss of Iran --12. Reaffirming containment: the Carter doctrine -- Conclusion
N2  - "Barbara Zanchetta analyzes the evolution of American-Soviet relations during the 1970s, from the rise of detente during the Nixon administration to the policy's crisis and fall during the final years of the Carter presidency. This study traces lines of continuity among the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations and assesses its effects on the ongoing redefinition of America's international role in the post-Vietnam era. Against the background of superpower cooperation in arms control, Dr Zanchetta analyzes aspects of the global bipolar competition, including US-China relations, the turmoil in Iran and Afghanistan, and the crises in Angola and the Horn of Africa. In doing so, she unveils both the successful transformation of American international power during the 1970s and its long-term problematic legacy"--
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