Full name: The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War

Author: James Mann Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Politics, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780670020546 9780143116790 0670020540 0143116797

In The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan, NY Times bestselling author James Mann directs his keen analysis to Ronald Reagan's role in ending the Cold War. Drawing on new interviews & previously unavailable documents, Mann offers a fresh & compelling narrative--a new history assessing what Reagan did, & didn't do, to help bring America's four-decade conflict with the Soviet Union to a close. As he did so masterfully in Rise of the Vulcans, Mann sheds new light on the hidden aspects of American foreign policy. He reveals previously undisclosed secret messages between Reagan & Moscow; internal White House intrigues; & battles with leading figures such as Nixon & Kissinger, who repeatedly questioned Reagan's unfolding diplomacy with Mikhail Gorbachev. He details the background & fierce debate over Reagan's famous Berlin Wall speech & shows how it fit into Reagan's policies. Ultimately, Mann dispels the facile stereotypes of Reagan in favor of a levelheaded, cogent understanding of a determined president & his strategy. This book finally answers the troubling questions about Reagan's actual role in the crumbling of Soviet power; & concludes that by recognizing the significance of Gorbachev, Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close. Similar books: Way Out There In the Blue by Frances FitzGerald The Crusader by Paul Kengor The United States and the Origins of the Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis President Reagan by Lou Cannon One Hell of a Gamble by Aleksandr Fursenko Strategies of Containment by John Lewis Gaddis Mayday by Michael Beschloss The End of the Cold War by Robert Service The Global Cold War by Odd Arne Westad Reagan's War by Peter Schweizer The Crisis Years by Michael Beschloss Reagan's America by Garry Wills The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, 1964-1980 by Steven F. Hayward The Cold War by Martin Walker Tear Down This Myth by Will Bunch Rise of the Vulcans by James Mann Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow America the Beautiful by Ben Carson Fear by Bob Woodward Crisis of Character by Gary J. Byrne