| Description |
604 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-580) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. 1969-1974: Detente - The Years of Smoke and Mirrors. 1. Washington and Moscow: 1969. 2. So This Was "Detente"? -- Pt. 2. 1975-1980: The Mask of Soviet Ascendancy. 3. American Paralysis. 4. The "Third World" War. 5. Planting Lethal Seeds. 6. MUTS, Spies, and Dissidents. 7. Defense and Arms Control: Advantage USSR. 8. 1979: Cold War, Hot War - East War, West War. 9. Carter Turns to CIA. 10. The Mask of Soviet Ascendancy, the Reality of Vulnerability -- Pt. 3. 1981-1986: The Resurgence of the West. 11. The Reawakening. 12. Reagan's Sword: Casey at CIA. 13. Turning the Tables. 14. 1983: The Most Dangerous Year. 15. The War in Washington, 1983: Shultz Against the Field. 16. Central America, 1983-1984: Our Own Worst Enemy. 17. Passages: Last Gasp of the Soviet Old Guard. 18. 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev - the Best of Enemies. 19. The Third World Competition, 1985-1986: Washington Pours It On. 20. Intelligence Wars |
| Summary |
The only person to rise from entry-level analyst to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and to serve on the White House staffs of four Presidents, Robert M. Gates knows firsthand the deepest secrets of the Cold War. |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
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Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0684810816 |
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9780684810812 |
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