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An Introduction & Overview
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Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I -- Roots and Strategies of the Cold War Before Reagan
Part II -- The Reagan Revolution in U.S. Cold War Strategy An Overview
Part III -- The Reagan Revolution in Defense and Arms Control
Part IV -- Reagan's Freedom Strategy Against Soviet Imperialism, Espionage, and "Active Measures" Intelligence Operations
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Secretary of Defense Award
Letter from President Reagan
Endnotes
About the Author
REFERENCE MATERIALS
List of Referenced Documents (by Chapter)
Revisions and Additions
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Part I -- ROOTS AND STRATEGIES OF THE COLD WAR BEFORE REAGAN
Part I Chapters
Part I Summary
Chapter 1 - America's Freedom Faith and The Cold War
Chapter 2 – Marxism-Leninism Communist Roots of the Cold War to the Eve of the Second World War—1848 to 1939
Chapter 3 - The Cold War Builds From the Hitler-Stalin Pact to the Iron Curtain 1939 to 1950
Chapter 4 – U.S. “Containment” Strategy from Truman to Johnson - 1950 to 1968
Chapter 5 – U.S. “Détente” Strategy from Nixon to Ford - 1969 to 1977
Chapter 6 – Carter’s “Détente” Confusion, Soviet Violations, and Catalysts for Change - 1977 to 1981