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100	1		_aThornton, Richard C.
245	1	0	_aRonald Reagan : _bRevolution Betrayed (St. James’s Studies In World Affairs).
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLa Vergne : _bAcademica Press, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_a1 online resource (616 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part I: The Soviet Challenge -- Chapter 1: Andropov's Gamble: Strategic Dominance and Missile Defense -- Andropov Prepares His Challenge -- Reagan's Dilemma -- Soviet Leadership Dissension -- Exploring the Postponement Alternative -- Andropov's INF Gambit -- Grappling with the "Peace" Question -- Searching for a Way Forward -- Reagan Stands by Kohl -- Regaining the Public Relations Initiative -- Moscow's Pre-election Quiescence: Sacrificing a Pawn? -- Turning Point in Europe -- Reagan's Counteroffensive -- The Attempt to Harness Shultz -- Star Wars Trumps Breakout -- Intelligence Games -- Chapter 2: Where Will the Missiles Go? Moscow's "Analogous" Threat -- Analysis of the "Analogous" Threat -- Evolution of US Caribbean Policy -- Complementary Covert Action -- Missiles to the Caribbean -- Conflict Intensifies in Central America -- Congress and the Contras -- Reagan Prods Congress -- Reagan and Andropov: The Pace Quickens -- Suriname: Denial by Dissuasion -- Eliminating All Possibilities but One -- Grenada Signals and Soviet Diversions -- Preparing for Crisis -- Crisis Indicators and a Play by Shultz -- Grenada and Moscow's "Analogous" Deployment -- Bishop's Doubts -- Maurice Bishop Visits Washington -- Strategic Crisis Intensifies Factional Strife -- A Summer of Carrots -- Sticks in the Water -- Shultz Attempts to Soften the Edge -- The Heat of August -- Chapter 3: How Close to Breakout? Krasnoyarsk and KAL 007 -- Intelligence Discovery -- Reagan's Quandary -- The National Security Origins of KAL Flight 007 -- Casey's Covert Probe -- Midnight Mission from Anchorage -- Over Kamchatka -- Casey, Ogarkov and KAL 007 -- Where was Andropov? -- Who Made the Decision to Attack KAL 007? -- Foxhounds and Ravens over Sakhalin -- Interception over Sakhalin.
505	8		_aThe Attack on KAL 007 -- Captain Chun's Decision -- North to Kostromskoye -- Co-pilot Son's Radio Transmissions -- Washington Offers a Way Out -- Moscow Rejects a Settlement -- Washington: One Jump Ahead -- Limiting Damage by Escalating the Rhetoric -- Casey's Plan: Discovery and Cover-Up -- No Resolution and No Agreement -- A Necessary Mystery -- Part II: Defeating Soviet Strategy -- Chapter 4: Denial in the Caribbean: Pre-emptive Strike in Grenada -- An Inexplicable Conciliatory Turn -- Reagan's Woes -- Prelude to Disaster in the Middle East -- Shultz's Failure in the Middle East -- Reagan's Attempt to Save Clark -- Shultz Gains Added Power -- Moscow Tightens the Screws -- Reaffirmation of the "Analogous" Threat -- A Hidden Move to the Brink -- The Attempt to Capture Bishop -- Bishop Insists on Collective Leadership -- The Battle Is Joined -- Death of a Revolution -- Washington Prepares for Action -- Outmaneuvering the Communists -- Decision in Grenada -- Diversion in Beirut -- Providing Cover for Thatcher -- The Invasion of Grenada -- Denying Moscow the "Analogous" Option -- Chapter 5: Deployment to West Germany: A Pershing Sword of Damocles -- Arms Control Negotiations Endgame -- Moscow Signals Hair-Trigger Alert -- The Politics of Able Archer -- Turnabout Is Fair Play -- Desperate Last Cards -- Moscow's Retreat from "Analogous" to "Adequate" -- Dual Strategic Transitions -- Policy Battle over Iran and Iraq -- Syria, the Iran-Iraq War, and Moscow -- Chapter 6: Preserving the Oil Fields: An Opening to Iran? -- Reagan's January 16 Speech: The Turn? -- Moscow's "Turn" -- The "Death" of Andropov and "Rise" of Chernenko -- Suspending the Syrian-Iranian Alliance? -- Reagan's Riposte -- From "Deep Freeze" to Fissures -- The Soviet Union: State Supporter of International Terrorism -- Crisis and Response -- Part III: Entrapment of the President.
505	8		_aChapter 7: Strategy and its Discontents -- The Reagan Victory Program -- The Shift to the Strategic Defensive -- Signaling Opposition to Moscow -- The President, the King, and the Reagan Doctrine: Lynchpin of Victory -- Shultz's Struggle with the President -- Shultz and the Resistance Movements: Afghanistan -- Chapter 8: The Origins of the Iran Initiative -- The Strategic Issues in Dispute -- Early Maneuvering over Iran -- Reagan Prepares a Response -- The Israeli Connection -- Casey and the Saudi-Iranian Connection -- Saudis, Iranians, and Israelis -- Crisis and Opportunity in Washington -- Ledeen's Trip and Its Aftermath -- A New Draft NSDD and International Complications -- Chapter 9: Crucible of Decision -- The Strategy of Terror -- TWA 847 -- Original Plan Gone Awry -- Algiers Redux -- An Intelligence Discovery -- Assad and Berri Take Charge -- Staking Out Negotiating Positions -- Tension Increases-Worldwide -- The Key Players Convene -- Endgames -- Aftermath -- Reconstruction of Events -- Chapter 10: Shultz and McFarlane Seize Control -- Cutting Casey Out -- Preempting Direct Contact by Cutting the Israelis In -- Greed, Politics, and the New World Order Faction -- McFarlane's Bait and Switch on Reagan -- Reagan Says No -- McFarlane Says Yes -- McFarlane and the First Arms Shipment -- Entangling Reagan in an Arms-for-Hostages Scheme -- The Second Israeli Arms Delivery -- Chapter 11: The Attempt to Shut Down the Iran Initiative -- McFarlane's Hand-Off -- The Hawk Deal in International Context -- The Hawk Set-Up -- The Hawk Entanglement -- The Geneva Summit -- The Arms-for-Hostages Trap -- The CIA is Caught -- Chapter 12: Israel Entangles the CIA -- The Pollard Affair -- The Israelis Prod Washington -- Hook, Line, and Sinker -- Reagan Turns the Tables -- The Policy Scramble -- The Issue Is Joined -- Part IV: Betrayal of Ronald Reagan.
505	8		_aChapter 13: Reagan's Iran Initiative -- The Two Factions Collide -- The New World Order Faction Blocks Action -- Iran: The End and the Beginning -- Qaddafi and State-Supported Terrorism -- A Decision on Israel and Iran -- A Decision on Libya -- Taking Control of the Iran Initiative -- Chapter 14: Moscow Enters the Game -- Moscow's Shift on Iran -- The Iranian Response to Washington -- An Opening to Iran? -- Tehran Plays a Delaying Game -- Point at the Mulberry Bush to Curse the Locust Tree -- Chapter 15: The President Stands Tough -- Funding the Contras -- Reagan Rips Off the Ayatollah -- Consequences of the Air Strike on Libya -- The Tehran Set-Up -- Into Tehran -- Chapter 16: On the Verge of "Victory" -- Reagan in Command -- Secret Contact with Iran -- Jenco's Release and the New World Order Faction -- Crises and Opportunity for the New World Order Faction -- Contact with the Second Channel and its Repercussions -- Washington and Frankfurt -- Chapter 17: The Collapse of Reagan's Strategy -- The No-Summit Summit at Reykjavik -- The Second Meeting -- The Experts' All-Nighter -- Day Two, the Games Begin -- The Focal Point Is SDI -- After Reykjavik -- Forebodings of Failure -- Iran's Calculus Changes -- Meeting in Mainz, October 29 -- Chapter 18: The Struggle for Power -- Exposure of the Iran Initiative -- The Iranians Say No to Rapprochement -- Battle Lines Are Drawn -- Democrats Attack -- Reagan Defends -- Reagan Engages, Loses, and Switches -- Shultz Marshals His Forces -- Chapter 19: The Defeat and Survival of Ronald Reagan -- Reagan's Action Plan -- Meese's "Investigation" -- "Discovery" of the Diversion Memorandum -- Last Chance -- Reagan Surrenders Policy Control -- Springing the Diversion -- "Survival" of the President -- Epilogue -- Illustration Credits -- Index.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aGorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich,-1931-.
650		0	_aPolitical science.
650		0	_aUnited States-Politics and government-1981-1989.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aThornton, Richard C. _tRonald Reagan _dLa Vergne : Academica Press,c2020
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