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200 14$aThe myth of triumphalism $erethinking President Reagan's Cold War legacy /$fBeth A. Fischer$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d2020.
215   $a1 online resource (213 pages)
225 1 $aStudies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace
225 1 $aKentucky scholarship online
300   $aPreviously issued in print: 2019.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction: Triumphalism and President Reagan's Cold War legacy -- Engaging the enemy -- Reagan's military buildup : "busting the Soviet Union"? -- The strategic defense initiative : ending the MADness -- Soviet new thinking and the withdrawal from Afghanistan -- Moscow calls off the arms race -- The triumph of diplomacy and leadership.
330 8 $aVirtually no one anticipated the ending of the Cold War. Understanding how this long-standing conflict was peacefully resolved can give us insight into how to conclude other seemingly intractable conflicts. Triumphalists believe that President Ronald Reagan "won" the Cold War by building up US military power and threatening the USSR. His hard-line policies forced Moscow to reduce its arsenal, adopt democratic reforms, withdraw from its war in Afghanistan, and ultimately collapse. Triumphalists assert that contemporary leaders should follow Reagan's example bycompelling adversaries into submission. However, triumphalism is a myth, a series of falsehoods about Reagan's intentions, his policies, and the impact his administration had on the USSR.
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607   $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1981-1989
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