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Ronald Reagan : decisions of greatness / Martin Anderson & Annelise Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Martin, 1936-2015, author.
- Anderson, Annelise Graebner, author.
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 657.
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 657
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reagan, Ronald.
- Nuclear arms control.
- History.
- United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.
- United States.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Nuclear arms control--United States--History--20th century.
- Nuclear arms control--Soviet Union--History.
- Cold War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 168 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, [2015]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Ronald Reagan's Cold War strategy, well established in his first year in office, did not change: to make absolutely sure in the minds of the Soviets that they too would be destroyed in a nuclear war, even as Reagan sought an alternative through strategic defense to make nuclear missiles obsolete and thus eliminate the possibility of an all-out nuclear war. This book offers new perspectives on Ronald Reagan's primary accomplishment as president: persuading the Soviets to reduce their nuclear arsenals and end the Cold War. It details how he achieved this success and in the process explains why Americans consider Reagan one of our greatest presidents. The authors examine the decisions Reagan made during his presidency that made his success possible and review Reagan's critical negotiations with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev-ending with the 1988 Moscow summit that effectively ended the Cold War. They present Gorbachev's thoughts on Reagan as a great man and a great president twenty years after he left office. Ultimately, they reveal the depth of Reagan's vision of a world safe from nuclear weapons, painting a clear portrait of a Cold Warrior who saw the possibility of moving beyond that war. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Ronald Reagan : the view of Americans
- Regan's unique accomplishment
- If the Soviets attacked
- Development of the nuclear arsenals
- Reagan's decisions
- Negotiating to end the Cold War
- The Moscow Summit and the end of the Cold War, 1988
- Freedom won
- Reagan and Gorbachev
- Nuclear arsenals after Reagan, 1989-2012
- The Reagan legacy
- Appendix A, Martin Anderson's interview with Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles, July 25, 1989, the transcript
- Appendix B, The strategic military situation when President Reagan took office / by Lowell Wood.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780817918385
- 0817918388
- Publisher Number:
- 99986472721
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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