Turning points in ending the Cold War / edited by Kiron K. Skinner ; forewords by Pavel Palazhchenko and George P. Shultz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skinner, Kiron K.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 538.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 538

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1975-1985.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1985-1991.

United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The expert contributors examine the end of détente and the beginning of the new phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, Reagan's radical new strategies aimed at changing Soviet behavior, the peaceful democratic revolutions in Poland and Hungary, the events that brought about the reunification of Germany, the role of events in Third World countries, the critical contributions of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and more.

Contents:

""CHAPTER 7 Boris Yeltsin: Catalyst for the Cold War�s End""""Boris Yeltsin: Catalyst for the Cold War�s End?""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817946333

0817946330