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100 1 Mann, Jim,|d1946-
245 14 The rebellion of Ronald Reagan :|ba history of the end of
the Cold War /|cJames Mann.
264 1 New York :|bViking,|c[2009]
264 4 |c©2009
300 xx, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ;
|billustrations ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-379) and
index.
505 0 Two anti-communists -- Clandestine visit -- "It's time to
stroke Ronnie" -- Two schools of thought -- Evil empire --
Nixon detects Gorbachev's "steel fist" -- Abolition --
Conservative uproar -- The conversation -- Reversal of
roles -- Informal adviser -- A new friend -- Banned from
the land of the firebird -- War scare -- Improbable
emissary -- Hunger for religion -- An arrest and its
consequences -- Keep her away -- Carlucci's notes --
Berlin -- The speech -- Twenty-fifth anniversary -- Day
visit of a presidential candidate -- "He blew it" -- Anti-
Soviet jokes -- The orator and his writers -- One night
free in West Berlin -- Competing drafts -- Warsaw pact --
"I think we'll leave it in" -- Rock concert -- Venetian
villa -- Brandenburg Gate -- Why not "Mr. Honecker"? -- On
his own -- Summits -- "Quit pressing" -- An arms deal and
its opponents -- Shultz's pitch -- The grand tour rejected
-- Of Dan Quayle and Errol Flynn -- Gorbachev in
Washington -- Making a treaty look easy -- The not-so-evil
empire -- Bush v. Reagan -- The wall will stand for "100
years."
520 Drawing on new interviews and previously unavailable
documents, Mann finally answers the troubling questions
about Reagan's actual role in the crumbling of Soviet
power; and concludes that by recognizing the significance
of Gorbachev, Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close.
600 10 Reagan, Ronald|xPolitical and social views.
600 10 Nixon, Richard M.|q(Richard Milhous),|d1913-1994
|xInfluence.
600 10 Massie, Suzanne|xInfluence.
600 10 Reagan, Ronald|xOratory.
650 0 Cold War.
650 0 Political leadership|zUnited States|vCase studies.
650 0 Presidents|zUnited States|vBiography.
651 0 United States|xForeign relations|y1981-1989.
651 0 United States|xForeign relations|zSoviet Union.
651 0 Soviet Union|xForeign relations|zUnited States.
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