Engaging the evil empire : Washington, Moscow, and the beginning of the end of the Cold War / / Simon Miles [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795615403321
• Autore: Miles Simon <1988->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021
• ISBN: 1-5017-5171-9; 1-5017-5169-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 231 pages)
• Collana: Cornell scholarship online
• Disciplina: 909.825
• Soggetti: Cold War; World politics - 1945-1989; United States Foreign relations Soviet Union; Soviet Union Foreign relations United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2020.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction: Grand Strategy and the End of the Cold War -- 1. Red Star Rising: The World according to Washington and Moscow -- 2. Arm to Parley: Reagan Rebuilds and Reaches Out -- 3. Talking about Talking: Continuities and Crises -- 4. Trial Balloons: Reaching Out and Laying Groundwork -- 5. New Departures: The Beginning of the End of the Cold War -- Conclusion: Winners and Losers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In a narrative-redefining approach, this book dramatically alters how we look at the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Tracking key events in US-Soviet relations across the years between 1980 and 1985, the book shows that covert engagement gave way to overt conversation as both superpowers determined that open diplomacy was the best means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals. The book details the history of these dramatic years, as President Ronald Reagan consistently applied a disciplined carrot-and-stick approach, reaching out to Moscow while at the same time excoriating the Soviet system and building up US military capabilities.