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

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"This book is about the beginning of the end of the Cold War between 1980 and 1985. The key shift that allowed the Cold War to end was not one from conflict to cooperation but rather from covert to overt engagement, with both superpowers seeing engagement as a means of furthering their own, pri...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Miles, Simon, 1988- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Cold War.
World politics > 1975-1985.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
Diplomatic relations.
World politics.
Soviet Union.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Grand Strategy and the End of the Cold War
  • Red Star Rising : The World according to Washington and Moscow
  • Arm to Parley : Reagan Rebuilds and Reaches Out
  • Talking about Talking : Continuities and Crises
  • Trial Balloons : Reaching Out and Laying Groundwork
  • New Departures : The Beginning of the End of the Cold War
  • Conclusion : Winners and Losers.

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