The Reagan Reversal: Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War - Couverture souple

Fischer, Beth A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826212875 ISBN 13 : 9780826212870

Editeur : University of Missouri Press, 2000

Synopsis

It is often assumed that Ronald Reagan's administration was reactive in bringing about the end of the cold war, that it was Mikhail Gorbachev's "new thinking" and congenial personality that led the administration to abandon its hard- line approach toward Moscow. In The Reagan Reversal, now available in paperback, Beth A. Fischer convincingly demonstrates that President Reagan actually began seeking a rapprochement with the Kremlin fifteen months before Gorbachev took office. She shows that Reagan, known for his long-standing antipathy toward communism, suddenly began calling for "dialogue, cooperation, and understanding" between the superpowers. This well-written and concise study challenges the conventional wisdom about the president himself and reveals that Reagan was, at times, the driving force behind United States-Soviet policy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Beth A. Fischer is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto and is coauthor of The Constitution and American Foreign Policy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Missouri Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826212875
• ISBN 13: 9780826212870
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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