The expert contributors examine the end of détente and the beginning of the new phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, Reagan's radical new strategies aimed at changing Soviet behavior, the peaceful democratic revolutions in Poland and Hungary, the events that brought about the reunification of Germany, the role of events in Third World countries, the critical contributions of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, and more.

How and why the cold war was finally brought to an end

Twenty years ago, as the United States and the Soviet Union were sliding into yet another round of dangerous confrontation, no one could have imagined that only a decade later the cold war would be over and that Russia and the West would embark on an unprecedented course of economic, political, and military cooperation. How did it happen? The essays in this collection offer illuminating insights into the key players—Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and others—and the monumental events that led to the collapse of communism.

The expert contributors examine the end of détente and the beginning of the new phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, when U.S.-Soviet relations seemed to hit a new low.

Kiron Skinner is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and an associate professor of history and political science at Carnegie Mellon University.

Contributors: Alexei Arbatov, Karen Brutents, Anatoly Cherniaev, Oleg Grinevsky, David Holloway, Robert Hutchings, Jack F. Matlock Jr., Michael McFaul, George Mirsky, Nikolai Petrov, Condoleezza Rice, Peter Rodman, Kiron Skinner, Philip Zelikow, Vladislav Zubok

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Editor: Kiron K. Skinner
ISBN: 978-0-8179-4632-6
Pub Date:  December 21, 2007
Product Format: Paper

Copyright © 2008 the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

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