| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 554 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Roots and strategies of the Cold War before Reagan -- America's freedom faith and the Cold War -- Marxism-Leninism : communist roots of the Cold War to the eve of the Second World War, 1848 to 1939 -- The Cold War builds : from the Hitler-Stalin pact to the Iron Curtain, 1939 to 1950 -- U.S. "containment" strategy : Truman to Johnson, 1950 to 1968 -- U.S. "détente" strategy : Nixon to Ford, 1969 to 1977 -- Carter's "détente" confusion : Soviet advances and catalysts for change, 1977 to 1981 -- Part II: The Reagan revolution in U.S. Cold War strategy : an overview -- The Reagan revolution begins : Reagan's political journey, coalition, and 1980 election -- The first term, setting the new Cold War strategy : peace and freedom through strength, 1981 to 1985 -- The second term : Reagan's Cold War strategy gains force, Gorbachev falters, 1985 to 1989 -- Part III: The Reagan revolution in defense and arms control -- Reagan's integrated U.S. defense and arms control strategy -- Intermediate nuclear forces : "zero option" vs. nuclear freeze -- Strategic forces : Soviet buildup, U.S. modernization, START, and nuclear deterrence -- Strategic defense : SOl, MAD, ASATs, and civil defense -- NATO-Warsaw Pact : conventional and CBW forces and arms control -- Soviet arms treaty violations -- Part IV: Reagan's freedom strategy against Soviet imperialism, espionage, and "active measures" intelligence operations -- Reagan's freedom strategy : speeches, public diplomacy, and support of freedom movements -- Taking on Soviet imperialism in Afghanistan -- Taking on Soviet-Cuban imperialism in Latin America and Africa -- Taking on Soviet imperialism in Poland and Eastern Europe -- Reagan's intelligence revolution : taking on Soviet espionage and "active measures" -- Afterword -- Secretary of Defense Award -- Reagan letter to author |
| Notes |
"With an Internet Library of over 900 Official Documents." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Cold War.
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Cold War -- Sources
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HISTORY -- World.
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Diplomatic relations.
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History -- Sources.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Sources
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Sources
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140105
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989 -- Sources
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Soviet Union.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
American Foreign Policy Council.
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| LC no. |
2021676260 |
| ISBN |
9780761866237 |
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076186623X |
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9780761866237 |
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