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Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1976, Volume XVI, Soviet Union, August 1974-December 1976
By: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian
GPO Stock # 044-000-02647-3 ISBN: 9780160884627
Compiled and edited by David C. Geyer. General Editor, Edward C. Keefer. This volume, the final of five covering relations between the united States and the Soviet Union during the Nixon-Ford administrations, presents documentation on how matters as diverse as strategic arms limitation, European security, the Middle East, Jewish emigration, and Angola intersected to influence the course of Soviet-American relations during the presidency of Gerald R. Ford.
The CAESAR, POLO and ESAU Papers: Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis of Soviet and Chinese Policy and Decision Making, 1953-1973 (Book and DVD)
By: Central Intelligence Agency, Information Managment Services, Historical Collections Division
GPO Stock # 041-015-00282-1 ISBN: 9780160909580
The CAESAR, ESAU, and POLO series of declassified documents highlight the CIA's efforts from the 1950s through the mid-1970s to pursue in-depth research on Soviet and Chinese internal politics and Sino-Soviet relations. Book with a DVD in a pocket. Prepared in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Intelligence. DVD contains documents in PDF format. The documents are categorized under CAESAR, POLO, and ESAU category designations. The accompanying booklet contains an introduction and an annotated bibliography.
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, V. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974
By: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian
GPO Stock # 044-000-02638-4 ISBN: 9780160830013
Editors: Douglas E. Selvage; Melissa Jane Taylor. General Editor: Edward C. Keefer. Iincludes numerous direct personal communications between President Richard Nixon and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev covering a host of issues, including clarifying the practical application of the SALT I and AMB agreements signed in Moscow. Other major themes covered include the war in Indochina, arms control, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), commercial relations and most-favored-nation status, grain sales, the emigration of Soviet Jews, Jackson-Vanik legislation, and the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XXXIV, National Security Policy
By: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian
GPO Stock # 044-000-02641-4 ISBN: 9780160844119
Edited by M. Todd Bennett. General editor, Edward C. Keefer. This volume documents U.S. national security policy in the context of the Vietnam War and the changing Cold War strategic balance between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Ronald Reagan, Intelligence and the End of the Cold War: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, November 2, 2011
By: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence; and Historical Collections Division
GPO Stock # 041-015-00276-7 ISBN: 9780160899737
Prepared in cooperation with the National Archives, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, following a November 2, 2011, symposium. Uses a historical collection of newly declassified documents to tell the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of US intelligence during the Reagan Administration and the key issues in US-Soviet relations that led to the end of the Cold War, including analysis of Mikhail Gorbachev. Contains many rare photographs, a Reagan Cold War time line, and a DVD which contains over 200 declassified documents from both US and Soviet sides.
Penetrating the Iron Curtain: Resolving the Missile Gap With Technology (Book and DVD)
By: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence; and Historical Collections Division
GPO Stock # 041-015-00277-5 ISBN: 9780160899720
Based on a symposium that was held September 22, 2011, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. In the 1950s the attempt to collect intelligence on the Soviets began with an initial period of poor collection capabilities and consequent limited analysis. With few well-placed human sources inside the Soviet Union, it was only with the CIA's development of technological wizardry-the U-2 aircraft and Corona Satellite reconnaissance program-that breakthroughs occurred in gaining valuable, game-changing intelligence. Book and DVD, sold as a set.
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XIII: Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971
By: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian
GPO Stock # 044-000-02617-1 ISBN: 9780160791369
Edited by David C. Geyer.
Treaty With Russia on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
By: Senate
GPO Stock # 052-071-01551-5 ISBN:
Treaty Doc. 111-5.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, Vol. 8, 1961-1964
By: Defense Dept., Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of Joint History
GPO Stock # 008-000-01039-1 ISBN: 9780160879043
History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, V. VIII. An official publication of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it describes the JCS activities during the period 1961-1964 except for activities related to Indochina which are covered in a separate series.
More than a mere historical text, this provides a fascinating inside look at the Joint Chiefs' participation and point-of-view in dealing with the following foreign crises from the U.S.S.R. to the Caribbean to Asia -- and working with the Kennedy and Johnson presidential administrations:
- Soviet ICBM and MRBM missile gap, arms race with the Soviet Union, nuclear testing, the strategic nuclear delivery vehicle (SNDV) freeze, and the creation of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA);
- Berlin Wall construction;
- Strife in Laos;
- Failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and the Cuban Missile Crisis;
- Expansion of the role of NATO;
- Support for Israel, Saudi Regime and Shah of Iran;
- Trouble in the Congo;
- Sino-Indian Border War and more.
The World Factbook, 2010
By: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Public Affairs
GPO Stock # 041-015-00271-6 ISBN: 9780160864629
In general, information available as of January 1, 2010 was used in the preparation of this edition. Provides brief information on the geography, people, government, economy, communications, and defense of countries and regions around the world. Contains information on international organizations. Designed to meet the specific requirements of United States Government Officials in style, format, coverage, and content. Includes 3 unattached maps.
