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Garthoff, Raymond Leonard was born on March 26, 1929 in Cairo. Parents American citizens. Son of Arnold Alexander and Margaret Louise (Frank) Garthoff.
(In this revised edition of his well-received 1985 volume,...)
In this revised edition of his well-received 1985 volume, Raymond Gathoff incorporates newly declassified secret Russian as well as American materials into his account of American-Soviet relations from 1969-1980. The book considers both the broader context of world politics and internal political considerations and developments, and examines these developments as experienced by both sides. It also recounts how differences in ideology, perceptions, aims and interests were key determinants of both US and Soviet policies.
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(Dramatic changes under way in the Soviet Union and the wo...)
Dramatic changes under way in the Soviet Union and the world have significant implications for American security policy. Soviet expert Raymond L. Garthoff makes use of unique, newly available material - including a complete file of the confidential Soviet General Staff journal - to illuminate the development of Soviet military thinking. In this groundbreaking study, Garthoff explains that the Soviets regard nuclear deterrence as only a necessary interim safeguard, not a solution to the quest for security. He examines the implications of the "remarkable recasting of the Soviet concept of security" for U.S. policy and global security.
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(The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections h...)
The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections has been a prime example of the new openness under glasnost in discussing previously taboo subjects. Using new revelations-- such as the fact that Moscow had twice as many troops in Cuba as the Kennedy administration believed-- from key Soviet and Cuban Sources, Garthoff has revised his earlier analysis to produce the most accurate, eye-opening story yet of the 1963 crisis. In this book Raymond L. Garthoff, a participant in the crisis deliberations of the U.S. government, reflects on the nature of the crisis, it's consequences, and it's lessons for the future. He provides a unique combination of memoir, historical analysis, and political interpretations. He gives particular attention to the aftermath and " afterlife" of the crisis and to its bearing on current and future policy. In the first edition of the book in 1987 the Garthoff presented a number of facts for the first time. Since then, more information has become available, particularly form Soviet sources, in part from conferences in which Garthoff participated but even more from individual interviews and research. This new information, much of it presented here in this volume for the first time, helps to fill in gaps in our knowledge about events and motivations on the Soviet side. More importantly, it enlarges our understanding of the crisis interaction.
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( Raymond L. Garthoff examines the fateful final decade o...)
Raymond L. Garthoff examines the fateful final decade of U.S.- Soviet relations, from the start of the Reagan administration in 1981 through the end of the Soviet era-- the collapse of the communist bloc, the end of Gorbachev's failed perestroika, and the demise of the Soviet Union itself at the end of 1991. While standing on its own, the book is a sequel to the author's earlier acclaimed, Détente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan, which covers the period 1969-1980. This volume features a detailed examination of the perspectives and actions of both the United States and the Soviet Union and their interaction, including the interrelationships of domestic factors with foreign and security policies in both countries and the involvement of both powers with other countries around the world, which infringed on their direct relationship. Besides analyzing the turn from confrontation to détente over the years of the Reagan and Bush administrations and Brezhnev through the Gorbachev administration, it reflects on the significance of the great transition from the cold war to a new era. It thus illuminates the very relevant recent history that underlines and informs American-Russian relations and the new situation of a post-Soviet, post-cold war world. Garthoff has obtained access to many formerly secret Soviet documents on this period in the Russian archives, as well as to a number of official American documents that have only recently been declassified. In addition, he has been able to interview and discuss the issues with many active or former Soviet and American officials. The author concludes that the key development was the advent of a Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who recognized the need to cast off a failed world view and to end the cold war-- and who successfully moved with the United States, under the Reagan and Bush administrations, and others, to achieve that goal; notwithstanding his failure in the parallel attempt to revitalize and transform the Soviet Union. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Book of 1994
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Garthoff, Raymond Leonard was born on March 26, 1929 in Cairo. Parents American citizens. Son of Arnold Alexander and Margaret Louise (Frank) Garthoff.
AB, Princeton University, 1948; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1951.
Research staff Research and Development Corporation, Washington, 1950-1957. Estimates officer Central Intelligence Agency, 1957-1961. Special assistant for Soviet bloc political military affairs United States Department of State, 1961—1968, counselor for political-military affairs United States mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1968—1970, executive secretary United States delegation to United States-Soviet strategic arms talks, 1969—1973, deputy director bureau politic-military affairs, 1970—1973, president senior seminar, 1973—1974, senior foreign service inspector, 1974—1977, ambassador to Bulgaria, 1977—1979.
Senior fellow Brookings Institution, 1980-1994.
( In this revised edition of his well-received 1985 volum...)
(In this revised edition of his well-received 1985 volume,...)
(The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections h...)
( The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections...)
(Dramatic changes under way in the Soviet Union and the wo...)
( Raymond L. Garthoff examines the fateful final decade o...)
( Raymond L. Garthoff examines the fateful final decade o...)
Member Council Foreign Rels., American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies, Society for Historians of America Foreign Rels., International Institute for Strategic Studies, Academy Political Science, Association Diplomatic Studies. M C.
Married Vera Alexandrovna Vasilieva, September 16, 1950. 1 child, Alexander Raymond.