03737cam a2200361 i 4500 771900010 TxAuBib 20221129120000.0 220125s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022001710 9781524745899 HRD 35.00 1524745898 HRD 35.00 TxAuBib rda Inboden, William, 1972-, author. The peacemaker [Book] : Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the world on the brink / William Inboden. Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the world on the brink. [New York : Dutton, [2022] xi, 593 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-571) and index. East of California -- Taking the stage -- The global chessboard -- The battle is joined -- Summer of freedom -- Raising the stakes -- The maelstrom -- Toil and trouble -- Morning in America, Twilight in the cold war? -- Waiting for Gorbachev -- Making history in Geneva, and finding trouble in Tehran -- The crucible -- Comeback -- Endgame. "An in-depth and masterful account of how Ronald Reagan's foreign policy "team of rivals" ended the Cold War and laid the foundation for the twenty-first century. Today, the ending of the Cold War seems a foregone conclusion. But in the early 1980s, U.S.intelligence predicted the Soviet Union would last another century. Ronald Reagan entered the White House with no certainty of what would happen next, only an overriding faith in American democracy and an abiding belief that the communist system--and thethreat of nuclear war--must be brought to an end. The Peacemaker is the story of the eight years of Reagan's presidency, as he and his foreign policy team managed, in real time, multiple crises around the globe. From the emergence of global terrorism, wars in the Middle East, the rise of Japan and the awakening of China, to proxy conflicts in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, Reagan's team oversaw the worldwide expansion of democracy, globalization, free trade, and the information revolution. Yet no issuewas greater than the Cold War standoff with the Soviet Union. As president, Reagan cast aside the four-decades-old policy of containment and challenged the Soviets in an arms race that pushed them towards economic and political collapse, all while extending an olive branch of diplomacy. Reagan's revolving team included Secretaries of State Al Haig and George Schultz; Secretaries of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Frank Carlucci; National Security Advisors Bill Clark, John Poindexter and Bud McFarlane; Chiefof Staff James Baker; CIA Director Bill Casey; and Jeane Kirkpatrick, Reagan's United Nations ambassador who fell out with the president over the Falkland War. Talented and devoted to their cause, at times their inner rivalries and backstabbing led to missteps and crises. But over the course of the administration, the Reagan team developed the strategies that brought us to the brink of the Cold War's peaceful conclusion, and remade the world"-- Provided by publisher. 20230107. Reagan, Ronald. United States Foreign relations 1981-1989. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union. National security United States Decision making History 20th century. Cold War. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States. Inboden, William, [New York] : Dutton, [2022] Peacemaker.