Title The Cold War's last battlefield : Reagan, the Soviets, and Central America / Edward A. Lynch

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011 ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 329 pages) Series Global academic publishing book Global academic publishing book. Contents The Cold Warâ€?s Last Battlefield -- Contents -- Preface: Why a Book on Central America? -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Ronald Reagan Issues a Warning -- 1. What Reagan Faced -- 2. Infighting: Wars Over U.S. Foreign Policy -- 3. Opening Moves: The “Final Offensive, â€? 1981 -- 4. Making Enemies in Nicaragua,1979â€?1982 -- 5. The Wars Escalate, 1982â€?1983 -- 6. The End of the Brezhnev Doctrine, 1983 -- 7. Muddying (and Mining) the Waters,1984â€?1985 -- 8. The War at Home,1981â€?1986 -- 9. The Iran-Contra Scandal,1986â€?1987 10. Another Year, Another Peace Plan,198711. Endgame -- 12. Reaganâ€?s Legacy -- Epilogue: Central America and the War on Terror -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary "An engaging insider's account by a member of President Reagan's Central America policy team. Central America was the final place where U.S. and Soviet proxy forces faced off against one another in armed conflict. In this book, Edward A. Lynch blends his own first-hand experiences as a member of the Reagan Central America policy team with interviews of policy makers and exhaustive study of primary source materials, including once-secret government documents, in order to recount these largely forgotten events and how they fit within Reagan's broader foreign policy goals. Lynch's compelling narrative reveals a president who was willing to risk both influence and image to aggressively confront Soviet expansion in the region. He also demonstrates how the internal debates between competing sides of the Reagan administration were really an argument about the basic thrust of U.S. foreign policy, and that they anticipated, to a remarkable degree, policy discussions following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks."-- Provided by publisher Notes Includes index English Print version record Subject Cold War. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Diplomatic relations Außenpolitik. Kalla kriget. SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140105 United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115 Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763 Subject Central America Soviet Union United States USA. Zentralamerika. Sowjetunion. Förenta staterna -- internationella aspekter. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781438439501 1438439504

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