Towards the end of the Cold War, the last great struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union marked the end of détente, and escalated into the most dangerous phase of the conflict since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Aaron Donaghy examines the complex history of America's largest peacetime military buildup, which was in turn challenged by the largest peacetime peace movement. Focusing on the critical period between 1977 and 1985, Donaghy shows how domestic politics shaped dramatic foreign policy reversals by Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He explains why the Cold War intensified so quickly and how - contrary to all expectations - US-Soviet relations were repaired. Drawing on recently declassified archival material, The Second Cold War traces how each administration evolved in response to crises and events at home and abroad. This compelling and controversial account challenges the accepted notion of how the end of the Cold War began.
Author(s): Aaron Donaghy
Series: Cambridge Studies In US Foreign Relations
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF | Full TOC
Pages: 405
Tags: American History: General Interest; Area Studies; American History After 1945; American Studies; Diplomatic And International History; History
Cover
Half Title
Series Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 | The Dwindling of Détente
The Background
Carter: Forming An Administration
The View From Moscow
Approaching The Soviet: SALT II
Human Rights
Wet Rug In Moscow
The Committee On The Present Danger
Making A Compromise
Carter Meets Gromyko
Defense Decisions
The Horn Of America
Playing The China Card
Carter, Congress, And The Panama Canal
2 | “It’s All Political Now”
Brzezinski And The "Arc Of Crisis"
China Plays The American Card
Selling SALT
Missile Experimental
Carter And Brezhnev: The Vienna Summit
Domestic Crisis
SALT II And The Senate
The Soviet Brigade In Cuba
The Soviet Reaction
Ending The "Crisis"
3 | To the Right
The Candidates
The Iran Hostage Crisis
Afghanistan: The Soviet Decision To Invade
Afghanistan: The International Context
The Domestic Context
The Carter Administration Responds
Soviet Reactions
“The Cold War Has Resumed”
Domestic Reactions
Presidential Directive 59
European Attitudes
Carter Versus Reagan, Poland, And The Pope
4 | Confrontation
Military Buildup
Reagan: Forming An Administration
The Legislative Strategy Group
Confronting The Soviets
Afghanistan And Central America
Ending The Grain Embargo
Poland
The Zero Option
5 | The Nuclear Freeze Movement
The Nuclear Freeze Campaign
The Reagan Administration Responds
START
NSDD-32
The “Anti-Freeze” Campaign
Shultz For Haig
Nitze’s Walk In The Woods
Andropov For Brezhnev
The Nuclear Freeze And The Midterm Elections
6 | Star Wars and the Evil Empire
Domestic Crisis
The Scowcroft Commission
A Dialogue Begins
Evil Empire
The Origins Of SDI
Soviet Reactions
7 | The Most Dangerous Year
Hardliners Versus Pragmatists: Central America
INF
Hardliners Versus Pragmatists: The Soviet Union
Reagan Reaches Out
The Kal Disaster
Worsening Relations
Grenada
Nuclear Fears: The Soviet Union And Western Europe
Nuclear Fears And Domestic Politics
"Charting A Middle Course"
Able Archer 83
8 | To the Center
Deficits And Defense Budget Reform
A New Tone
Shultz Meets Gromyko
Withdrawal From Lebanon
Chernenko For Andropov
Policy Review
"We Will Build A Record"
The Mondale Campaign
From Hawk to Owl
Diplomatic Offensive
Reagan Meets Gromyko
Reagan Versus Mondale
Thatcher, Gorbachev, And The Return To Arms Talks
9 | Conciliation
Enter Gorbachev
Reagan And Gorbachev: The Early Exchanges
Congress And The MX
"What About The Summit?"
SALT II: "Interim Restraint"
Gromiko Out, Shevardnadze In
Reagan Meets Shevardnadze
Reinterpreting The ABM Treaty
Soviet Union 101
Reagan And Gorbachev: The Geneva Summit
Epilogue
Archives
Notes
Index
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