TY - BOOK AU - Saltoun-Ebin,Jason TI - The Reagan files: the untold story of Reagan's top-secret efforts to win the Cold War SN - 9781453633052 PY - 2010///.] CY - [S.l. PB - CreateSpace KW - Reagan, Ronald KW - Nixon, Richard M. KW - Cold War KW - Political leadership KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Presidents KW - Biography KW - Foreign relations KW - 1981-1989 KW - Soviet Union N1 - Based upon over 100 recently declassified top-secret letters and National Security Council meeting minutes; Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index N2 - "The Reagan Files: The Untold Story of Reagan's Top-Secret Efforts to Win the Cold War" gives readers an unprecedented look at how the nation's 40th president worked to win the war that divided the world's two most powerful nations. Drawing on formerly top secret National Security Council meeting minutes and private letters between President Reagan and Soviet leaders, Saltoun-Ebin takes readers inside the White House Situation Room to see what it was like to be side-by-side with Reagan while he made decisions that would end the Cold War and shape the 21st Century. The book reveals President Reagan's leadership skills, political judgment and intellectual prowess during his presidency in the 1980s ER -