Power and Protest

Global Revolution and the Rise of Detente

Jeremi Suri

  • 2003 Phi Alpha Theta Best First Book Prize

Introduction

1. The Strains of Nuclear Destruction

2. Political Constraints and Personal Charisma

3. The Language of Dissent

4. The Illiberal Consequences of Liberal Empire

5. The Global Disruption of 1968

6. The Diplomacy and Domestic Politics of Detente

Conclusion

Appendix: Tables and Figures

Notes

Sources

Index

  • Cover: Power and Protest
  • A photo of the author

Jeremi Suri is E. Gordon Fox Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.