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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798078603321

Autore

Kraemer Sven F.

Titolo

Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan : an unprecedented guide to the roots, history, strategies, and key documents of the Cold War / / Sven F. Kraemer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : American Foreign Policy Council

Lanham : , : University Press of America, Incorporated, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-7618-6623-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (569 p.)

Soggetti

Cold War

World politics - 1945-1989

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union Sources

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States Sources

United States Foreign relations 1981-1989

United States Foreign relations 1981-1989 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With an internet library of over 900 official documents."

Nota di contenuto

Inside The Cold War From Marx To Reagan ; CONTENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I-ROOTS AND STRATEGIES OF THE COLD WAR BEFORE REAGAN ; 1 America's Freedom Faith and the Cold War; 2 Marxism-Leninism: Communist Roots of the Cold War to the Eve of the Second World War-1848 to 1939 ; 3 The Cold War Builds: From the Hitler-Stalin Pact to the Iron Curtain-1939 to 1950; 4 U.S. "Containment" Strategy: Truman to Johnson-1950 to 1968; 5 U.S. "Détente" Strategy: Nixon to Ford-1969 to 1977; 6 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 OVERVIEW7 The Reagan Revolution Begins: Reagan's Political Journey, Coalition, and 1980 Election; 8 The First Term, Setting the New Cold



War Strategy: Peace and Freedom through Strength-1981 to 1985; 9 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; 10 Reagan's Integrated U.S. Defense and Arms Control Strategy; 11 Intermediate Nuclear Forces: "Zero Option" vs. Nuclear Freeze

12 Strategic Forces: Soviet Buildup, U.S. Modernization, START, and Nuclear Deterrence13 Strategic Defense: SDI, MAD, ASATs, and Civil Defense; 14 NATO-Warsaw Pact: Conventional and CBW Forces and Arms Control; 15 Soviet Arms Treaty Violations; PART IV-REAGAN'S FREEDOM STRATEGY AGAINST SOVIET IMPERIALISM, ESPIONAGE, AND "ACTIVE MEASURES" INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS ; 16 Reagan's Freedom Strategy: Speeches, Public Diplomacy, and Support of Freedom Movements; 17 Taking on Soviet Imperialism in Afghanistan; 18 Taking on Soviet-Cuban Imperialism in Latin America and Africa

19 Taking on Soviet Imperialism in Poland and Eastern Europe20 Reagan's Intelligence Revolution: Taking on Soviet Espionage and "Active Measures"; AFTERWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AWARD; REAGAN LETTER TO AUTHOR; ENDNOTES

Sommario/riassunto

A long-time U.S. policy insider's scholarly and encyclopedic history with unprecedented analysis of the official documents of the Cold War explores Reagan's integrated new strategies in defense, arms control, diplomacy, information and intelligence, and support for the faiths and forces of freedom that collapsed the Soviet ideology and empire.