About the Author

Anne Hessing Cahn is Scholar in Residence at The American University. She has served as Chief of the Social Impact Staff at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1977-81), Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (1980-81), and President and Executive Director of the Committee for National Security (1982-88).

Reviews

"Killing Detente is a fascinating and important historical 'post-mortem' on a neglected episode in the history of the decline and fall of the U.S.-Soviet detente of the 1970s. Using newly declassified documents, it recounts an important page in intelligence-policy relations. It is not only good history but also provides valuable advice for the present and the future." - Raymond L. Garthoff, The Brookings Institution