03016nam 2200541 450 991079561540332120201022191521.01-5017-5171-91-5017-5169-710.1515/9781501751707(CKB)5590000000001829(MiAaPQ)EBC6020894(DE-B1597)545866(DE-B1597)9781501751707(StDuBDS)EDZ0002535275(OCoLC)1150806940(EXLCZ)99559000000000182920210416e20212020 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEngaging the evil empire Washington, Moscow, and the beginning of the end of the Cold War /Simon Miles[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2021.1 online resource (xv, 231 pages)Cornell scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2020.1-5017-5170-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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.Cornell scholarship online.Cold WarWorld politics1945-1989United StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesRonald Reagan grand strategy, Soviet General Secretary between Brezhnev and Gorbachev, second cold war, Cold War between 1980 and 1985,.Cold War.World politics909.825Miles Simon1988-1504829StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910795615403321Engaging the evil empire3734059UNINA