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Engaging the evil empire : Washington, Moscow, and the beginning of the end of the Cold War / Simon Miles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xv, 231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501751714
  • 1501751719
  • 9781501751707
  • 1501751700
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Engaging the evil empireDDC classification:
  • 909.82/5 23
LOC classification:
  • D849 .M5412 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : Grand Strategy and the End of the Cold War -- Red Star Rising : The World according to Washington and Moscow -- Arm to Parley : Reagan Rebuilds and Reaches Out -- Talking about Talking : Continuities and Crises -- Trial Balloons : Reaching Out and Laying Groundwork -- New Departures : The Beginning of the End of the Cold War -- Conclusion : Winners and Losers.
Summary: "This book is about the beginning of the end of the Cold War between 1980 and 1985. The key shift that allowed the Cold War to end was not one from conflict to cooperation but rather from covert to overt engagement, with both superpowers seeing engagement as a means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Grand Strategy and the End of the Cold War -- Red Star Rising : The World according to Washington and Moscow -- Arm to Parley : Reagan Rebuilds and Reaches Out -- Talking about Talking : Continuities and Crises -- Trial Balloons : Reaching Out and Laying Groundwork -- New Departures : The Beginning of the End of the Cold War -- Conclusion : Winners and Losers.

"This book is about the beginning of the end of the Cold War between 1980 and 1985. The key shift that allowed the Cold War to end was not one from conflict to cooperation but rather from covert to overt engagement, with both superpowers seeing engagement as a means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals"-- Provided by publisher.

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