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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971048103321

Titolo

Turning points in ending the Cold War / / edited by Kiron K. Skinner ; forewords by Pavel Palazhchenko and George P. Shultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2008

ISBN

9780817946333

0817946330

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 538

Altri autori (Persone)

SkinnerKiron K

Disciplina

327.4707309/048

Soggetti

Cold War

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations 1975-1985

Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991

United States Foreign relations 1981-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CHAPTER 7 Boris Yeltsin: Catalyst for the Cold War�s End""""Boris Yeltsin: Catalyst for the Cold War�s End?""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

The expert contributors examine the end of détente and the beginning of the new phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, Reagan's radical new strategies aimed at changing Soviet behavior, the peaceful democratic revolutions in Poland and Hungary, the events that brought about the reunification of Germany, the role of events in Third World countries, the critical contributions of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and more.