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The Myth of Triumphalism : Rethinking President Reagan's Cold War Legacy /

"Did President Reagan's hawkish policies destroy the Soviet Union and enable the United States to win the Cold War? Many Americans believe this to be the case. In this view -- known as 'triumphalism' -- Reagan's denunciations of the 'evil empire' and his military b...

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Autor principal: Fischer, Beth A., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Triumphalism and President Reagan's Cold War legacy
  • Engaging the enemy
  • Reagan's military buildup : "busting the Soviet Union"?
  • The strategic defense initiative : ending the MADness
  • Soviet new thinking and the withdrawal from Afghanistan
  • Moscow calls off the arms race
  • The triumph of diplomacy and leadership.