Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan : an unprecedented guide to the roots, history, strategies, and key documents of the Cold War / Sven F. Kraemer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kraemer, Sven F. (Author)
Corporate Author:	American Foreign Policy Council
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : University Press of America, Incorporated, [2015]
Subjects:	1981-1989 1945-1989 Cold War. Cold War > Sources. HISTORY > World. Diplomatic relations History > Sources United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union > Sources. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States > Sources. United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989. United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989 > Sources. Soviet Union United States Sources History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I: Roots and strategies of the Cold War before Reagan
America's freedom faith and the Cold War
Marxism-Leninism : communist roots of the Cold War to the eve of the Second World War, 1848 to 1939
The Cold War builds : from the Hitler-Stalin pact to the Iron Curtain, 1939 to 1950
U.S. "containment" strategy : Truman to Johnson, 1950 to 1968
U.S. "détente" strategy : Nixon to Ford, 1969 to 1977
Carter's "détente" confusion : Soviet advances and catalysts for change, 1977 to 1981
Part II: The Reagan revolution in U.S. Cold War strategy : an overview
The Reagan revolution begins : Reagan's political journey, coalition, and 1980 election
The first term, setting the new Cold War strategy : peace and freedom through strength, 1981 to 1985
The second term : Reagan's Cold War strategy gains force, Gorbachev falters, 1985 to 1989
Part III: The Reagan revolution in defense and arms control
Reagan's integrated U.S. defense and arms control strategy
Intermediate nuclear forces : "zero option" vs. nuclear freeze
Strategic forces : Soviet buildup, U.S. modernization, START, and nuclear deterrence
Strategic defense : SOl, MAD, ASATs, and civil defense
NATO-Warsaw Pact : conventional and CBW forces and arms control
Soviet arms treaty violations
Part IV: Reagan's freedom strategy against Soviet imperialism, espionage, and "active measures" intelligence operations
Reagan's freedom strategy : speeches, public diplomacy, and support of freedom movements
Taking on Soviet imperialism in Afghanistan
Taking on Soviet-Cuban imperialism in Latin America and Africa
Taking on Soviet imperialism in Poland and Eastern Europe
Reagan's intelligence revolution : taking on Soviet espionage and "active measures"
Afterword
Secretary of Defense Award
Reagan letter to author.

Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan : an unprecedented guide to the roots, history, strategies, and key documents of the Cold War / Sven F. Kraemer.

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