LEADER 03016nam 2200541 450 001 9910795615403321 005 20201022191521.0 010 $a1-5017-5171-9 010 $a1-5017-5169-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501751707 035 $a(CKB)5590000000001829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6020894 035 $a(DE-B1597)545866 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501751707 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002535275 035 $a(OCoLC)1150806940 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000001829 100 $a20210416e20212020 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEngaging the evil empire $eWashington, Moscow, and the beginning of the end of the Cold War /$fSimon Miles$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 231 pages) 225 1 $aCornell scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2020. 311 $a1-5017-5170-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNote on Transliteration and Translation -- $tIntroduction: Grand Strategy and the End of the Cold War -- $t1. Red Star Rising: The World according to Washington and Moscow -- $t2. Arm to Parley: Reagan Rebuilds and Reaches Out -- $t3. Talking about Talking: Continuities and Crises -- $t4. Trial Balloons: Reaching Out and Laying Groundwork -- $t5. New Departures: The Beginning of the End of the Cold War -- $tConclusion: Winners and Losers -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 8 $aIn a narrative-redefining approach, this book dramatically alters how we look at the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Tracking key events in US-Soviet relations across the years between 1980 and 1985, the book shows that covert engagement gave way to overt conversation as both superpowers determined that open diplomacy was the best means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals. The book details the history of these dramatic years, as President Ronald Reagan consistently applied a disciplined carrot-and-stick approach, reaching out to Moscow while at the same time excoriating the Soviet system and building up US military capabilities. 410 0$aCornell scholarship online. 606 $aCold War 606 $aWorld politics$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States 610 $aRonald Reagan grand strategy, Soviet General Secretary between Brezhnev and Gorbachev, second cold war, Cold War between 1980 and 1985,. 615 0$aCold War. 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a909.825 700 $aMiles$b Simon$f1988-$01504829 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795615403321 996 $aEngaging the evil empire$93734059 997 $aUNINA