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1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Alan Sklar. |
| Summary |
Drawing on new interviews and previously unavailable documents, James Mann offers a fresh and compelling narrative-a new history assessing what Ronald Reagan did and did not do to help bring America's four-decade conflict with the Soviet Union to a close.As he did so masterfully in Rise of the Vulcans, Mann sheds new light on the hidden aspects of American foreign policy. He reveals previously undisclosed secret messages between Reagan and Moscow; internal White House intrigues; and battles with leading figures such as Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, who repeatedly questioned Reagan's unfolding diplomacy with Mikhail Gorbachev. He details the background and fierce debate over Reagan's famous Berlin Wall speech and shows how it fit into Reagan's policies. Ultimately, Mann dispels the facile stereotypes of Reagan in favor of a levelheaded, cogent understanding of a determined president and his strategy.This book finally answers the troubling questions about Reagan's actual role in the crumbling of Soviet power. Mann concludes that by recognizing the significance of Gorbachev, Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
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Cold War.
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Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Influence.
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Massie, Suzanne -- Influence.
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Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Sklar, Alan.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781400190621 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1400190622 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT10756235 |
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