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100 1 $aMann, Jim,$d1946-
245 14 $aThe rebellion of Ronald Reagan :$ba history of the end of the Cold War /$cJames Mann.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$cc2009.
300 $axx, 396 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [351]-379) and index.
505 0 $aTwo anti-communists -- Clandestine visit -- "It's time to stroke Ronnie" -- Two schools of thought -- Evil empire -- Nixon detects Gorbachev's "steel fist" -- Abolition -- Conservative uproar -- The conversation -- Reversal of roles -- Informal adviser -- A new friend -- Banned from the land of the firebird -- War scare -- Improbable emissary -- Hunger for religion -- An arrest and its consequences -- Keep her away -- Carlucci's notes -- Berlin -- The speech -- Twenty-fifth anniversary -- Day visit of a presidential candidate -- "He blew it" -- Anti-Soviet jokes -- The orator and his writers -- One night free in West Berlin -- Competing drafts -- Warsaw pact -- "I think we'll leave it in" -- Rock concert -- Venetian villa -- Brandenburg Gate -- Why not "Mr. Honecker"? -- On his own -- Summits -- "Quit pressing" -- An arms deal and its opponents -- Shultz's pitch -- The grand tour rejected -- Of Dan Quayle and Errol Flynn -- Gorbachev in Washington -- Making a treaty look easy -- The no-so-evil empire -- Bush v. Reagan -- The wall will stand for "100 years."
520 $aDrawing on new interviews and previously unavailable documents, Mann finally answers the troubling questions about Reagan's actual role in the crumbling of Soviet power; and concludes that by recognizing the significance of Gorbachev, Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close.
600 10 $aReagan, Ronald$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aNixon, Richard M.$q(Richard Milhous),$d1913-1994$xInfluence.
600 10 $aMassie, Suzanne$xInfluence.
600 10 $aReagan, Ronald$xOratory.
650 0 $aCold War.
650 0 $aPolitical leadership$zUnited States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1981-1989.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
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