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The Grand Strategy That Won the Cold War : Architecture of Triumph.

Streusand, Douglas E.

The Grand Strategy That Won the Cold War : Architecture of Triumph. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Ronald W. Reagan and the Cold War -- Chapter One: The Historiography of the End of the Cold War -- Chapter Two: Ronald Reagan -- Chapter Three: The Cold War in Context -- Chapter Four: On the National Security Council Staff -- Part II: The Grand Strategy that Won the Cold War -- Chapter Five: Defining the Strategy -- Chapter Six: Political-Ideological Warfare in Integrated Strategy -- Chapter Seven: Public Diplomacy and Psychological Warfare -- Chapter Eight: Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Collapse of Communism -- Chapter Nine: Reagan's Soviet Economic Take-Down Strategy -- Chapter Ten: Military Display -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- Appendix F -- Appendix G -- Appendix H -- Appendix I -- Appendix J -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book accounts the Reagan administration's development and execution of the grand strategy that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, emphasizing the coordinated use of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic instruments of national power. It challenges the dominant narrative that often denies the existence of the grand strategy.

9780739188309


Cold War - Diplomatic history.


Electronic books.

E183.8.S65G735 2016

327.7304709/048

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