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

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.4707309/048
• Soggetto topico: Cold War
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• Altri autori: SkinnerKiron K
• 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 Warâ€?s End""""Boris Yeltsin: Catalyst for the Cold Warâ€?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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Turning points in ending the Cold War
• ISBN: 9780817946333; 0817946330
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971048103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 538.