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Item Information   Holdings     Booklist Review     Fiction & Biography     Library Journal Review     Summary       More by this author     Mann, Jim, 1946-     Subjects     Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory.     Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.     Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Influence.     Massie, Suzanne -- Influence.     Cold War.     Presidents -- United States -- Biography.     Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.     Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mann, Jim, 1946-       by title:      The rebellion of Ron...         MARC Display

The rebellion of Ronald Reagan : a history of the end of the Cold War / James Mann. by Mann, Jim, 1946- New York : Viking, 2009. Subjects Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory.   Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.   Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Influence.   Massie, Suzanne -- Influence.   Cold War.   Presidents -- United States -- Biography.   Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.   Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.   United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.   United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. ISBN:  9780670020546 0670020540 Description:  xx, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography Note:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-379) and index. Contents Note:  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." Summary Note:  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. Internet Link:  Publisher description Format:    Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Chandler-Gilbert CC Library General E877.2 .M36 2009 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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