A must read for anyone interested in Cold War history, this updated edition shows how President Ronald Reagan completed the decades-long process of the containment of communism, thereby bringing the Cold War to an end. 3 maps Carrying the history of containment through the end of the Cold War, this book begins with Franklin D Roosevelt's postwar plans. It provides an analysis of George F Kennan's original strategy of containment, NSC-68, The Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look," and provides an assessment of how Reagan and Gorbechev completed the process of containment. Abbreviations xvii Prologue: Containment Before Kennan 3(21) George F. Kennan and the Strategy of Containment 24(29) Implementing Containment 53(34) NSC-68 and the Korean War 87(38) Eisenhower, Dulles, and the New Look 125(37) Implementing the New Look 162(35) Kennedy, Johnson, and Flexible Response 197(38) Implementing Flexible Response: Vietnam as a Test Case 235(37) Nixon, Kissinger, and Detente 272(35) Implementing Detente 307(35) Reagan, Gorbachev, and the Completion of Containment 342(38) Epilogue: Containment After the Cold War 380(13) Appendix 393(2) Notes 395(60) Bibliography 455(18) Index 473