In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation, improvisation, and engagement by individuals in positions of power ended the specter of a nuclear holocaust. Amid ambivalence and uncertainty, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, and George H. W. Bush—and a host of other actors—engaged with adversaries and adapted to a rapidly changing international environment and information age in which global capitalism recovered as command economies failed.
Eschewing the notion of a coherent grand strategy to end the Cold War, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of how leaders made choices; some made poor choices while others reacted prudently, imaginatively, and courageously to events they did not foresee. A book about the burdens of responsibility, the obstacles of domestic politics, and the human qualities of leadership, The Triumph of Improvisation concludes with a chapter describing how George H. W. Bush oversaw the construction of a new configuration of power after the fall of the Berlin Wall, one that resolved the fundamental components of the Cold War on Washington’s terms.
In Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns, Theresa Keeley analyzes the role of intra-Catholic conflict within the framework of U.S. foreign policy formulation and execution during the Reagan administration. She challenges the preponderance of scholarship on the administration that stresses the influence of evangelical Protestants on foreign policy toward Latin America. Especially in the case of U.S. engagement in El Salvador and Nicaragua, Keeley argues, the bitter debate between U.S. and Central American Catholics over the direction of the Catholic Church shaped President Reagan's foreign policy.
The flash point for these intra-Catholic disputes was the December 1980 political murder of four American Catholic missionaries in El Salvador. Liberal Catholics described nuns and priests in Central America who worked to combat structural inequality as human rights advocates living out the Gospel's spirit. Conservative Catholics saw them as agents of class conflict who furthered the so-called Gospel according to Karl Marx. The debate was an old one among Catholics, but, as Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns contends, it intensified as conservative, anticommunist Catholics played instrumental roles in crafting U.S. policy to fund the Salvadoran government and the Nicaraguan Contras.
Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns describes the religious actors as human rights advocates and, against prevailing understandings of the fundamentally secular activism related to human rights, highlights religion-inspired activism during the Cold War. In charting the rightward development of American Catholicism, Keeley provides a new chapter in the history of U.S. diplomacy and shows how domestic issues such as contraception and abortion joined with foreign policy matters to shift Catholic laity toward Republican principles at home and abroad.
In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation, improvisation, and engagement by individuals in positions of power ended the specter of a nuclear holocaust. Amid ambivalence and uncertainty, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, and George H. W. Bush—and a host of other actors—engaged with adversaries and adapted to a rapidly changing international environment and information age in which global capitalism recovered as command economies failed.
Eschewing the notion of a coherent grand strategy to end the Cold War, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of how leaders made choices; some made poor choices while others reacted prudently, imaginatively, and courageously to events they did not foresee. A book about the burdens of responsibility, the obstacles of domestic politics, and the human qualities of leadership, The Triumph of Improvisation concludes with a chapter describing how George H. W. Bush oversaw the construction of a new configuration of power after the fall of the Berlin Wall, one that resolved the fundamental components of the Cold War on Washington’s terms.
Автор: Fischer Beth A. Название: The Myth of Triumphalism: Rethinking President Reagan`s Cold War Legacy ISBN: 0813178177 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813178172 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 42240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Did President Reagan`s hawkish policies destroy the Soviet Union and enable the United States to win the Cold War?
Автор: Byrne Malcolm Название: Iran-Contra: Reagan`s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power ISBN: 0700625909 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700625901 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29570.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Through exhaustive use of declassified documents, previously unavailable investigative materials, and wide-ranging interviews, Malcolm Byrne revisits Iran-Contra episode. Placing the events in their historical and political context (notably the Cold War and a sharp partisan domestic divide), he explores what made the affair possible and meticulously relates how it unfolded.
Автор: Edwards Anne Название: The Reagans: Portrait of a Marriage ISBN: 1493036467 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493036462 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 21110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Reagans: Portrait of a Marriage is a penetrating portrayal of one of the most powerful couples of the twentieth century. Distinguished biographer Anne Edwards paints the first in-depth, intimate portrait of the man who became our fortieth president and the woman without ...
Автор: John B. Roberts II Название: Reagan`s Cowboys: Inside the 1984 Reelection Campaign`s Secret Operation Against Geraldine Ferraro ISBN: 147667812X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476678122 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 30490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Written by an insider responsible for running the investigation, this never-before-told story goes behind the scenes as an incumbent president`s campaign works to expose a political opponent`s mob connections. Part detective story, part political thriller, the narrative features all the major players in the Reagan White House.
Автор: Lavoie Mark Название: Reagan`s Soviet Rhetoric: Telling the Soviet Redemption Story ISBN: 1793647984 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781793647986 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 72270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A one-stop guide to independent living on the spectrum, this practical book makes transitions (like moving job or home) more manageable and less daunting. The book features clear guidance on key issues, such as managing money, the job hiring process and the importance of mental health and self-care, as well as including interviews with others who`ve gone through it all before.
Автор: Travis Philip W. Название: Reagan`s War on Terrorism in Nicaragua: The Outlaw State ISBN: 1498537197 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498537193 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 46530.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This study examines the Reagan administration`s proxy war against Nicaragua and its use of the emergent threat of international terrorism as a pretext. It also analyzes the administration`s conception of international law and argues that its Nicaragua policy set a precedent for the U.S. War on Terror in the twenty-first century.
Автор: Travis Philip W. Название: Reagan`s War on Terrorism in Nicaragua: The Outlaw State ISBN: 1498537170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498537179 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 188520.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This study examines the Reagan administration`s proxy war against Nicaragua and its use of the emergent threat of international terrorism as a pretext. It also analyzes the administration`s conception of international law and argues that its Nicaragua policy set a precedent for the U.S. War on Terror in the twenty-first century.
Автор: Hanska, Jan Название: Reagan`s mythical america ISBN: 1137272996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137272997 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 83850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is the first full-length study into the Reagan presidency with the tools of narratology. It expands the understudied field of research into political narratives as concrete policy tools and provides a new means of understanding the continuing popularity of Reagan as a President.
Автор: Bullinger, Jonathan M. (suny Geneseo, Usa) Название: Reagan`s "boys " and the children of the greatest generation ISBN: 0367403994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367403997 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: U.S. World War II collective memory took on a specific, narrow form beginning in 1984 with President Reagan`s 1984 commemoration of D-Day. The aging children of the soon-to-be-coined "Greatest Generation" soon followed his lead. This is the first book to tell the entire story from 1984 to 2010.
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