The Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham Wilson

Though attracted by the nature ofĪmerica's politics and its economy, he was very much his own manĪnd sought to reform his country in ways few of his Politburo Nor did strategic planning by hardliners constrain the thinking andīehavior of Mikhail Gorbachev, who became the Soviet Union's Seeking to build on what the two leaders shared in common. Soviet system, but instead by creating feelings of personal trust and The many personal exchanges convinced Reagan that heĬould not make progress, as the hardliners argued, by stressing the That experience and on face-to-face summit meetings with his SovietĬounterpart in Geneva (1985), Reykjavik (1986), Washington (1987), and The USSR from more open and cosmopolitan Soviets, beginning in 1983 withĪmbassador to the U.S. Shultz also satisfied Reagan's desire to meet and learn about 75) Devisedīy two administration moderates, Jack Matlock and George Shultz, theįramework did not bind the president and permitted diplomacy to moveįorward on some points even when stuck on others. Regional matters, arms control, and human rights.' (p.

The Cold War most often derived, instead, from reliance on a flexibleįour-part negotiating framework focused on 'bilateral relations,

Reagan's policy toward the Soviet Union and President never consistently embraced the hardline view of the USSR or Negative public statements about communism and the Soviet Union, the Truly tried to implement their master plans. Prepared by the administration's hardliners, the president never Reagan's conservatism and hostility to communism.ĭespite two Reagan-era National Security Decision Directives Weakened Soviet Union and end the Cold War on American terms by devisingĪnd implementing a confrontational grand strategy built on the growth ofĪmerican power relative to the Soviet Union and on President The hardliners within the incoming ReaganĪdministration consequently believed they could overawe a relatively Strengthened its armed forces, boosting both international capitalismĪnd Western self-confidence. $29.95 (hardcover)īetween 19, the United States revived its economy and

Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War by James Graham The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability,

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