Fighting Back Against the Cold War: The American Committee on East-West Accord and the Retreat from Détente

This work traces the history of the American Committee on East-West Accord and its efforts to promote policies to reduce tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. This organization of elite Americans attempted to demonstrate that there was support for policies of U.S.-Soviet accommodation and sought to discredit its opponents, especially the Committee on the Present Danger. This work argues that the Committee, although largely failing to achieve its goals, illustrates the wide-reaching nature of the debate on U.S.-Soviet relations during this period, and also demonstrates the enduring elements of the U.S.-Soviet détente of the early 1970s.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History (Arts and Sciences)

Grantor dc:publisher

Ohio University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Wallace, Ben F.C.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pach, Chester

• American History
• Political Science
• American Committe on East-West Accord
• Committee on the Present Danger
• detente
• cold war
• Kennan, George
• Nitze, Paul
• Reagan, Ronald
• Carter, Jimmy
• SALT
• SALT II
• Jackson-Vanik amendment
• nuclear freeze

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1357162421

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:ohiou1357162421