Reaching Out to Moscow: From Confrontation to Cooperation

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Brement presents a radical - perhaps even visionary - and comprehensive program to transform the US-Soviet relationship, in such a way as to achieve a genuine "new world order". He argues that Soviet and American security policies are so bound together that they must be changed together, not sequentially. The key stumbling block to co-operation and trust between the two superpowers is fear - a fear created by the nuclear arsenals of the two countries. Brement proposes a way to reduce, and perhaps even eliminate, those arsenals as the beginning of a new era of co-operation and peace.

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." . . [Brement is] one of the leading Sovietologists in the world."-George J. Tenet Staff Director Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
"Ambassador Brement is a distinguished diplomat and an accomplished scholar. In this volume he presents his vision of what Soviet-American relations could and should be, one that is enduring and has not in the least been compromised by any of the dramatic changes that have recently occurred inside the Soviet Union itself."-Alvin Bernstein Director, Institute of National Strategic Studies National Defense University
"I can think of no book that better or more succinctly captures the problems and the opportunities now facing the world. This fascinating volume should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in foreign affairs."-Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson Foreign Minister of Iceland
"This is a remarkably wide-ranging and comprehensive book that presents a broad and cohesive strategy for transforming relations with the USSR. . . . It is a pleasure for me to recommend this brilliant volume to a wide audience of readers."-Senator Claiborne Pell Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee (from the preface)
An enlightening and forthright book on a rapidly emerging subject. Brement, who was a senior Soviet specialist in the US government, provides undergraduates and others with a prescriptive analysis written in a lively style. Brement accomplishes what very few have done: to outline specific moves that both the US and the now post-Soviet leadership should take to build a cooperative security relationship. The book also looks at the European influence, global considerations, the economic aspect of this cooperation, and the impact of domestic politics in the US on prospective joint efforts. This thought-provoking essay-like examination argues strongly for a more activist approach on the part of both major parties lest a tremendous opportunity be lost. The book also has a strong bibliography and a useful index and is strongly recommended for undergraduates and graduate students looking at the nature of national security in the post-Cold War world. Brement's analysis, although unobjectionable at many joints, represents a strong point of departure for discussion and further work.-Choice
"An enlightening and forthright book on a rapidly emerging subject. Brement, who was a senior Soviet specialist in the US government, provides undergraduates and others with a prescriptive analysis written in a lively style. Brement accomplishes what very few have done: to outline specific moves that both the US and the now post-Soviet leadership should take to build a cooperative security relationship. The book also looks at the European influence, global considerations, the economic aspect of this cooperation, and the impact of domestic politics in the US on prospective joint efforts. This thought-provoking essay-like examination argues strongly for a more activist approach on the part of both major parties lest a tremendous opportunity be lost. The book also has a strong bibliography and a useful index and is strongly recommended for undergraduates and graduate students looking at the nature of national security in the post-Cold War world. Brement's analysis, although unobjectionable at many joints, represents a strong point of departure for discussion and further work."-Choice

Author Bio

MARSHALL BREMENT is currently Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the National Defense University. He also is a Resident Consultant to the Center for Naval Analyses and a member of the Department of Defense's Special Operations Policy Advisory Group. Fluent in Russian and seven other languages, Brement has served two tours in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and has been the President's Senior Advisor on Soviet Affairs on the National Security Council Staff. He is the author of a study for the Rand Corporation, Organizing Ourselves to Deal with the Soviets, A former Ambassador to Iceland, Brement is the translator and editor of two books of modern Icelandic poetry.