Table of Contents

Differing Interpretations of Detente
From Cold War to Detente
Superpower Interests in Detente
The Substance of Detente
Detente and the Middle East War of 1973
Superpower Detente and Competition in the Third World
American Domestic Politics and Detente
Soviet Domestic Policies and Detente
Arms Control, the Strategic Balance and the Demise of Detente
Afghanistan and the Return to Cold War
Conclusion

Reviews

`Although the Cold War is over and the Soviet Union no longer exists, this book is still important as it provides a thoughtful and critical analysis of the events that can be used as a lesson for today′s relations among states′ - Muslim World Book Review `... the book is a timely work, deserving of a wide readership... It is encouraging that in a period when `contemporary history′ has gone into something of a decline... a book of this sort is written. The objective approach of the two authors, their willingness to analyse Soviet policies as well as those of the US... their clarity of expression and their breadth of vision are also to be admired... It is a book well-written, well structured and well-judged.′ Millennium