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Incidents at sea : American confrontation and cooperation with Russia and China, 1945-2016 /

Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F. Winkler examines the evolution of the U.S.-Soviet naval relationship during the Cold War, focusing in particular on the 197...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winkler, David F. (David Frank), 1958- (Author)
Other Authors: Warner, John W., 1927-2021 (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > History > 20th century.
Soviet Union. > Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot > History.
United States. > Navy > Operations other than war.
Soviet Union. > Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot > Operations other than war.
Russia. > Voennyĭ flot > Operations other than war.
Collisions at sea > Prevention.
Cold War.
Sea-power > China > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Playing with the Bear
  • Confrontation along the periphery
  • Surface contacts
  • The rise of the Soviet Navy
  • The road to Moscow
  • Negotiations
  • Détente
  • The 1970s
  • The age of the evil empire
  • Beyond the Cold War
  • A global legacy
  • Chronology.