Engaging the evil empire : Washington, Moscow, and the beginning of the end of the Cold War / Simon Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Simon, 1988- author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

World politics--1945-1989.

World politics.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 231 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.

Summary:

In a narrative-redefining approach, this book dramatically alters how we look at the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Tracking key events in US-Soviet relations across the years between 1980 and 1985, the book shows that covert engagement gave way to overt conversation as both superpowers determined that open diplomacy was the best means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals. The book details the history of these dramatic years, as President Ronald Reagan consistently applied a disciplined carrot-and-stick approach, reaching out to Moscow while at the same time excoriating the Soviet system and building up US military capabilities.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Introduction: Grand Strategy and the End of the Cold War

1. Red Star Rising: The World according to Washington and Moscow

2. Arm to Parley: Reagan Rebuilds and Reaches Out

3. Talking about Talking: Continuities and Crises

4. Trial Balloons: Reaching Out and Laying Groundwork

5. New Departures: The Beginning of the End of the Cold War

Conclusion: Winners and Losers

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2020.

ISBN:

9781501751714

1501751719

9781501751691

1501751697

OCLC:

1150806940