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090 _aE 876 .A556 2008
100 1 _aAnderson, Martin,
_d1936-2015.
245 0 0 _aReagan's secret war :
_bthe untold story of his fight to save the world from nuclear disaster /
_cMartin Anderson and Annelisa Anderson.
250 _a1st pbk. ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bThree Rivers Press,
_c[2009]
300 _axii, 450 p.
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [399]-431) and index.
505 0 _aReagan the man -- The awesome power of a president -- Juggling priorities, 1981 -- Near death from an assassin -- The beginning of the end of the Cold War -- Going for zero -- The bond with Pope John Paul II -- The nuclear abolitionist, 1982 -- "Star Wars" -- Close to nuclear war, 1985 -- "Star Wars" in Moscow -- The Geneva "Fireside" Summit -- The priority of human rights -- Gorbachev's gambit -- Soviet strategy at Reykjavik, 1986 -- The Iran-Contra controversy -- Gorbachev caves first, 1987 -- Treaty signing in Washington -- The Cold War ends, 1988.
520 _aDescribes the former President's intent from his first days in office to win the Cold War, based on classified documents archived in the Ronald Regan Presidential Library, including minutes from Security Council meetings and secret letters sent to world leaders.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zSoviet Union.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_y1981-1989.
600 1 0 _aReagan, Ronald.
650 0 _aCold War.
650 0 _aNuclear arms control.
700 1 _aAnderson, Annelise Graebner.
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