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Lovett professor of history at yale university, and the dean of cold war historians the new york times. Lovett professor of military and naval history at yale university, where he teaches courses on the cold war, grand strategy, biography, and historical methods. John lewis gaddis s most popular book is the cold war. He dates the war back to the start of the hitler conflict, when the principal.
It is more than 20 years since ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev met for their first summit in geneva to begin the last cold war chess game that would end in the collapse of soviet communism. John lewis gaddis has 28 books on goodreads with 32500 ratings. As us leaders strain to manage americas current overseas dilemmas, the cold war. A critical appraisal of american national security policy during the cold war the long peace.
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