Garthoff, Raymond L(eonard)

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GARTHOFF, Raymond L(eonard)

GARTHOFF, Raymond L(eonard). American (born Egypt), b. 1929. Genres: International relations/Current affairs, History, Military/Defense/Arms control. Career: Employed by US Dept. of State, Washington, DC, 1961-79 (Special Assistant for Soviet Bloc Political-Military Affairs, 1961-67; Counselor, US Mission to NATO, 1968-70; Sr. State Dept. Adviser, US SALT Delegation, 1969-72; Deputy Director, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 1970-73; Sr. Foreign Service Inspector, 1974-77; US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1977-79); Sr. Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 1980-94. Professorial Lecturer, Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies, George Washington University, 1963-64, and School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1964-67, both Washington, DC. Publications: Soviet Military Doctrine, 1953; How Russia Makes War, 1954; Soviet Strategy in the Nuclear Age, 1958, rev. ed., 1962; The Soviet Image of Future War, 1959; Soviet Military Policy: A Historical Analysis, 1966; Detente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan, 1985, rev. ed., 1994; Policy versus the Law: The Reinterpretation of the ABM Treaty, 1987; Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1987, rev. ed., 1989; Deterrence and the Revolution in Soviet Military Doctrine, 1990; The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War, 1994; A Journey through the Cold War: A Memoir of Containment and Coexistence, 2001. EDITOR: (and trans.) Maj. General G. Pokrovsky, Science and Technology in Contemporary War, 1959; (and trans.) Marshal V.D. Sokolovsky, Military Strategy, 1963; (and co-author) Sino-Soviet Military Relations, 1966. Address: 2128 Bancroft Pl NW, Washington, DC 20008-4020, U.S.A.