Inside the Cold War From Marx to Reagan

An Unprecedented Guide to the Roots, History, Strategies, and Key Documents of the Cold War

By (author) Sven F. Kraemer

Publication date:

16 November 2015

Length of book:

568 pages

Publisher

University Press of America

Dimensions:

288x219mm
9x11"

ISBN-13: 9780761866213

A long-time U.S. policy insider’s scholarly and encyclopedic history with unprecedented analysis of the official documents of the Cold War explores its Marxist-Leninist totalitarian roots, faltering pre-Reagan U.S. strategies of Containment, MAD, and Détente, and the Reagan Revolution. This book details Reagan’s integrated new strategies in defense, arms control, diplomacy, information and intelligence, and support for the faiths and forces of freedom that collapsed the Soviet ideology and empire.

INTRODUCTION
PART I—ROOTS AND STRATEGIES OF THE COLD WAR BEFORE REAGAN 1
PART II—THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IN U.S. COLD WAR STRATEGY: AN OVERVIEW
PART III—THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IN DEFENSE AND ARMS CONTROL 215
PART IV—REAGAN’S FREEDOM STRATEGY AGAINST SOVIET IMPERIALISM, ESPIONAGE, AND “ACTIVE MEASURES” INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS 369
AFTERWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AWARD
REAGAN LETTER TO AUTHOR
ENDNOTES

This scholarly history casts critical new light on the Cold War’s larger historical context, ideological roots, diplomatic and defense strategies, and strategic turning points. The author’s analysis brings valuable insights on today’s conflicts between the faiths and forces of peace and freedom and those of totalitarians in an age of weapons of mass terror and destruction.