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The Triumph of Improvisation : Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801470226
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Triumph of ImprovisationDDC classification:
  • 327.73047
LOC classification:
  • E183
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Brief Note on Sources -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Individuals and Power -- 1. Reagan Reaches -- 2. Stagnation and Choices -- 3. Shultz Engages -- 4. Gorbachev Adapts -- 5. Recovery and Statecraft -- 6. Gorbachev's New World Order -- 7. Bush's New World Order -- Conclusion: Individuals and Strategy -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Brief Note on Sources -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Individuals and Power -- 1. Reagan Reaches -- 2. Stagnation and Choices -- 3. Shultz Engages -- 4. Gorbachev Adapts -- 5. Recovery and Statecraft -- 6. Gorbachev's New World Order -- 7. Bush's New World Order -- Conclusion: Individuals and Strategy -- Notes -- Index.

James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991.

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