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Record Nr.

UNISA996309071503316

Autore

Haftendorn Helga

Titolo

The Reagan Administration : A Reconstruction of American Strength? / / Helga Haftendorn, Jakob Schissler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 1988

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2019]

©1988

ISBN

3-11-086367-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 306 pages)

Collana

De Gruyter Studies on North America ; ; 1

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Ciencia política

United States Foreign relations 1981-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Domestic and International Setting -- Toward a Reconstruction of American Strength: A New Era in the Claim to Global Leadership? / Haftendorn, Helga -- Political Culture and the Reagan Administration / Schissler, Jakob -- Reconstruction of Economic Strength? The (Foreign) Economic Policy of the Reagan Administration / Wormann, Claudia -- II. Agenda Setting -- Ronald Reagan and his Rhetoric in Foreign Policy / Schmidt, Werner -- Security Policy and the Opponents of Détente / Staack, Michael -- Moral Containment of Military Challenge: The Reagan Administration and the Soviet Union / Tuschhoff, Christian -- III. Decision-Making -- Military Buildup Without a Strategy: The Defense Policy of the Reagan Administration and the Response by Congress / Fürst, Andreas -- Decision in March: The Genesis of the "Star Wars" Speech and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SD) / Zimmermann, Karsten -- The Reagan Administration's Policy on Technology Controls: The Conflict of Economic Interests and Security Principles / Boltersdorf, Jörg -- The Lost Opportunity of the "Walk in the Woods: Motives and Calculations of U.S. Decision Makers / Tuschhoff, Christian -- Farewell to SALT II / Staack, Michael -- IV. Case Studies -- The Impact of the War Powers Resolution on Crisis Decision Making / Schissler, Jakob -- The Reagan Administration's Strategic Arms Control Policy: The



Meaning of "Deep Cuts" / Paul, Michael -- U.S. Policy in COCOM / Jacobsen, Hanns-D. -- The Collapse of "Constructive Engagement": U.S. Foreign Policy in Southern Africa / Hellmann, Gunther -- V. Conclusion -- Reconstruction of American Strength? / Schissler, Jakob -- Bibliography -- Authors -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.