Mann, Jim,  1946- <br/><br/>
The rebellion of Ronald Reagan :  a history of the end of the Cold War / 
 History of the end of the Cold War 
James Mann. 
 - New York :  Viking,  2009. 
 - xx, 396 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-379) and index. 
<br/><br/>Two anti-communists. Clandestine visit -- "It's time to stroke Ronnie" -- Two schools of thought -- Evil empire -- Nixon detects Gorbachev's "steel fist" -- Abolition -- Conservative uproar -- The conversation -- Reversal of roles -- Informal adviser. A new friend -- Banned from the land of the firebird -- War scare -- Improbable emissary -- Hunger for religion -- An arrest and its consequences -- Keep her away -- Carlucci's notes -- Berlin. The speech -- Twenty-fifth anniversary -- Day visit of a presidential candidate -- "He blew it" -- Anti-Soviet jokes -- The orator and his writers -- One night free in West Berlin -- Competing drafts -- Warsaw pact -- "I think we'll leave it in" -- Rock concert -- Venetian villa -- Brandenburg Gate -- Why not "Mr. Honecker"? -- On his own -- Summits. "Quit pressing" -- An arms deal and its opponents -- Shultz's pitch -- The grand tour rejected -- Of Dan Quayle and Errol Flynn -- Gorbachev in Washington -- Making a treaty look easy -- The not-so-evil empire -- Bush v. Reagan -- The wall will stand for "100 years." 
<br/><br/> Drawing on new interviews and previously unavailable documents, Mann finally answers the troubling questions about Reagan's actual role in the crumbling of Soviet power; and concludes that by recognizing the significance of Gorbachev, Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670020546 0670020540 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008029029 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Reagan, Ronald--Political and social views.<br/>Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 --Influence.<br/>Massie, Suzanne--Influence.<br/>Reagan, Ronald--Oratory.<br/>Reagan, Ronald.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cold War.<br/>Political leadership--United States--Case studies.<br/>Presidents--United States--Biography.<br/>Ost-West-Konflikt.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.<br/>Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E 877.2  / .M36 2009