List Price: $45.00
Save: $5.03 (11%)

FREE Shipping.

Only 9 left in stock (more on the way).

Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

Ship to:

Select a shipping address:

Buy Used

$33.97

+ $3.99 shipping

Used: Like New | Details

Sold by sweethomeliquid2

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

Other Sellers on Amazon

Add to Cart

$39.97
& FREE Shipping on eligible orders. Details

Sold by: PLANET BOOKS

Add to Cart

$39.62
+ $3.99 shipping

Sold by: ---SuperBookDeals

Add to Cart

$39.97
+ $3.99 shipping

Sold by: sweethomeliquid2

Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow: Confidential Diplomacy and Détente (Studies In Conflict Diplomacy Peace) Hardcover – January 3, 2017

by Richard A. Moss (Author), James Stavridis USN (Ret.) (Foreword)

2 customer reviews

See all 2 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$27.99

—

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$39.97

$39.62

$33.97

Most Americans consider détente―the reduction of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union―to be among the Nixon administration's most significant foreign policy successes. The diplomatic back channel that national security advisor Henry Kissinger established with Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin became the most important method of achieving this thaw in the Cold War. Kissinger praised back channels for preventing leaks, streamlining communications, and circumventing what he perceived to be the US State Department's unresponsive and self-interested bureaucracy. Nixon and Kissinger's methods, however, were widely criticized by State Department officials left out of the loop and by an American press and public weary of executive branch prevarication and secrecy.

Richard A. Moss's penetrating study documents and analyzes US-Soviet back channels from Nixon's inauguration through what has widely been heralded as the apex of détente, the May 1972 Moscow Summit. He traces the evolution of confidential-channel diplomacy and examines major flashpoints, including the 1970 crisis over Cienfuegos, Cuba, the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT), US dealings with China, deescalating tensions in Berlin, and the Vietnam War. Moss argues that while the back channels improved US-Soviet relations in the short term, the Nixon-Kissinger methods provided a poor foundation for lasting policy.

Employing newly declassified documents, the complete record of the Kissinger-Dobrynin channel―jointly compiled, translated, annotated, and published by the US State Department and the Russian Foreign Ministry―as well as the Nixon tapes, Moss reveals the behind-the-scenes deliberations of Nixon, his advisers, and their Soviet counterparts. Although much has been written about détente, this is the first scholarly study that comprehensively assesses the central role of confidential diplomacy in shaping America's foreign policy during this critical era.

Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow: Confidential Diplomacy and Détente (Studies In Conflict Diplomacy Peace)

$39.97 FREE Shipping. Only 9 left in stock (more on the way). Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Patrick J. Buchanan

43

Hardcover
$17.94
John A. Farrell

105

Hardcover
$23.79
Graham Allison

94

Hardcover
$18.30
Chris Whipple

193

Hardcover
$18.12
Thomas Oliphant

29

Hardcover
$16.86
Harold Evans

68

Hardcover
$18.28

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This narrative is often quite gripping, with wonderfully revealing quotations from the key actors. The author puts the reader on the shoulders of these men and their Soviet counterparts as they maneuver through three years of negotiations, posturing, and policy activities."―Jeremi Suri, author of Liberty's Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama

"Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow will become an instant classic. For all of the books that mention the back channels―Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger's most important foreign policy tools―this is the first to exhaustively mine the archives to explain their origin, how they were used, and to what end. Lucidly written and superbly researched, future works on Nixon foreign policy will have no choice but to consult this essential work. It is a must read to understand the era."―Luke Nichter, author of Richard Nixon and Europe: The Reshaping of the Postwar Atlantic World

About the Author

Richard A. Moss is an associate research professor at the United States Naval War College's Center for Naval Warfare Studies. Moss earned his doctorate from the George Washington University, and he specializes in U.S.-Russia relations and the Nixon presidential recordings. Dr. Moss previously served at the U.S. Department of Defense and as an historian with the U.S. Department of State.

Series: Studies In Conflict Diplomacy Peace
Hardcover: 418 pages
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (January 3, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813167876
ISBN-13: 978-0813167879
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 6.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 2 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,529,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1319 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > International & World Politics > Russian & Former Soviet Union
- #1469 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > International & World Politics > Diplomacy
- #2155 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > United States > Executive Branch

Would you like to tell us about a lower price?
If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

If you buy a new print edition of this book (or purchased one in the past), you can buy the Kindle Edition for FREE. Print edition purchase must be sold by Amazon. .

Start reading Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars

5 star		100%
4 star		0%
3 star		0%
2 star		0%
1 star		0%

Write a customer review

See all verified purchase reviews

Top customer reviews

Best book on the subject by a serious scholar who ...

ByGeorge Kassison April 2, 2017

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

Best book on the subject by a serious scholar who has spent years studying and analyzing the Nixon tapes. Very timely.

0CommentWas this review helpful to you?YesNo

Moss does a fantastic job in this page-turner

ByM. Karatovon January 28, 2017

Format: Hardcover

I was lucky enough to get this book when it first came out and couldn't put in down. Dr. Moss does a fantastic job in this page-turner, offering historical context and in-depth detail. As someone whose family migrated from Ukraine a few years after Nixon's presidency, this era has always interested me. An excellent addition to any high school honors history or college class.

0Comment 3 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?YesNo

Set up an Amazon Giveaway

Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway

This item: Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow: Confidential Diplomacy and Détente (Studies In Conflict Diplomacy Peace)

Set up a giveaway

Buy New

$39.97

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

or

or

Buy Used

$33.97

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

Other Sellers on Amazon

Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow: Confidential Diplomacy and Détente (Studies In Conflict Diplomacy Peace) Hardcover – January 3, 2017

Customers who bought this item also bought

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

Customer reviews

Top customer reviews

Set up an Amazon Giveaway

Buy New $39.97

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

or

or

Buy Used $33.97

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

Other Sellers on Amazon

Nixon's Back Channel to Moscow: Confidential Diplomacy and Détente (Studies In Conflict Diplomacy Peace) Hardcover – January 3, 2017

Customers who bought this item also bought

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

Customer reviews

Top customer reviews

Set up an Amazon Giveaway

Buy New

$39.97

Buy Used

$33.97