
Revisions and Additions
Revisions and Addtions - October 2015
These revisions in text, document titles, and dates are incorporated in Sven Kraemer’s Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan posted on the book's associated website InsidetheColdWar.org.
Introduction
- P. vii – Change number of primary source documents from over 1,100 to over 900.
Chapter 1- America’s Freedom Faith
- P. 6 –Patrick Henry speech date is March 23, 1775.
- P. 12 –Abraham Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural date is April 10, 1865.
Chapter 3 – The Cold War Builds – 1939 top 1949
- P. 49 - Remove underline for “Secret Additional Protocol.”
Chapter 4 – U.S. “Containment” Strategy - 1950 to 1968
- P. 93 – At end of “Vietnam, Tonkin, Johnson…” paragraphs add: (See Vietnam Reports 1965-1968).
Chapter 5 – U.S. Détente Strategy – 1969 to 1977
- P. 98 – Comma between “Department of Defense” and “Team B.”
- P. 103 – In last paragraph, delete “from” in front of “the time.”
- P. 107 – Extend document title U.S. Foreign Policy—1973: Excerpt on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
- P. 112 – At end of U.S. Abandonment …” paragraph insert: (See Fact Sheets on U.S. Cuts and Communist Aid.)
- P. 115 – Underline “Brezhnev Doctrine.”
- P. 117 – Change from 1977 to 1978 the document re-titled Department of Defense Report to the Congress—1977, add publication date as “January 1976.”
Chapter 6 – Carter’s Détente Confusion - 1977 to 1981
- P. 125 –Change Annual DOD Report to the Congress—FY 1975, publication date to March 4, 1974
- P. 139 –Change publication date of JCS Posture Statement for FY 1980 to July 1979.
Chapter 7 – The Reagan Revolution Begins
- P. 151 - Change document title to Address to Republican Meeting.
Chapter 8 – The First Term: Setting the New Strategy
- P. 182 -- Change NSDD # to NSDD 25 – Preparations for the Economic and NATO Summits.
- P. 183 – At end of “NSC Documents…” paragraph add: (See NSSD 9-82 Comprehensive U.S. Energy Policy, April 20, 1982.)
Chapter 10 – Reagan’s Integrated U.S. Defense and Arms Control Strategy
- P. 219 – In referenced Heritage document delete underline from “the.”
- P. 229 – In “Rallying Support” paragraph, insert “The” in front of “Soviets would be…”
Chapter 11 – Intermediate Nuclear Forces
- P. 240 – In second line, insert “changed” before “final Soviet agreement.”
- P. 240 – In paragraph on “Carter Legacy,” change “its” to “their” in sentence beginning “At the same time…”
- P. 253 –To top paragraph ending in “…regimes” add (See INF: Where We Stand, December 1983.)
Chapter 12 – Strategic Forces
- P. 283 –In “Reagan’s Strategic Force Modernization Programs” paragraph, add “and Interim Restraint” to title. Insert new second sentence and shorten next sentence: “Reagan’s May 27, 1986 Statement on Interim Restraint and a July 16, 1986 White House Interim Restraint Statement marked a policy to match, not exceed, Soviet numbers. The U.S. would develop a range of new strategic systems…..”
- P. 284 – Change CBM Fact Sheet title dated Nov 22, 1985 from “White House” to “Department of State …”
- P. 284 – Change date in title of Missile Launch Notification Agreement of… from1982 to 1988.
- P. 285 - Change Nov 1985 CBM Fact Sheet title by underlining “Department of State…”
- P. 285 – In “Status…” paragraph, at last sentence, after “ratified,” insert “in 1969.”
- P. 293 – In third line correct spelling of “treaty.”
Chapter 13 – Strategic Defense
- P. 301 – In third line, insert “non-silo” between “hardened” and “sites”.
- P. 306-307 – Move paragraph titled NSC Meeting – July 1986 and its attached citation to next page and insert there just after paragraph headed “NSDD 192-October 1985”.
- P. 309 – After Point 2 on “Soviet Offensive ‘First Strike’…., add “(See chapter 12.)” After Point 3 on “Soviet Violations,” add “(See Chapter 15.)”
Chapter 14 – NATO-Warsaw Pact Forces
- P. 347 – Change date of SNIE 11/17… to November 20, 1984.
Chapter 16 – Reagan’s Freedom Strategy
- P. 386 – Change date of Remarks to UN… to September 22, 1983.
Chapter 17 – Taking on Soviet Imperialism in Afghanistan
- P. 402 – In “The Period of Turmoil in Afghanistan” paragraph heading capitalize all nouns.
- P. 406 – In paragraph on Steven Coll’s book, insert “a” in front of “December 26, 1979.”
- P. 407 - At end of first paragraph in Topic 5, continue sentence and insert “as in an October 1981 Department of State report, Afghanistan.”
Chapter 18 – Soviet/Cuban Imperialism in Latin America and Africa
- P. 423 – In “Chile” paragraph on, begin second sentence as “Allende had won a narrow…”
- P. 428 – For NSSD 10 …., change document date from 1983 to 1982.
- P. 428 – In “Reagan’s Westminster Speech” paragraph, begin last sentence as “This and other such speeches…”
- P. 443 – In “Two NSPG Meetings…” paragraph change “defeat” to “end” in second sentence.
- P. 451 - In line beginning with “After citing…,” delete “goes on to.”
- P. 452 – Begin first line of Topic 10 by adding “the” as second word.
- P. 453 – End first paragraph with new sentence: “(See Address on Iran-Contra, August 12, 1987.)
- P. 453 – In paragraph beginning with “It is clear…” delete “is” after “however” and delete comma after “determination.”
Chapter 19 – Taking on Soviet Imperialism in Poland and Eastern Europe
- P. 457 – In “Summary” paragraph, near end of second paragraph delete “during” after “1956.”
- P. 460 – In “Uprisings and Proxies” paragraph, change “December 1970” to “December 1980.”
- P. 472 – At end of quotation citing Reagan’s remarks add “(headings added).”
Chapter 20 – Reagan’s Intelligence Revolution
- P. 494 – In “Casey in Chicago – Defending…” paragraph title, delete “the.”
- P. 506 – At end of “DOS Note on World Peace Council – May 1983” paragraph, add: “(Also see World Peace Council – 1983 Prague Assembly, June 1983.
- P. 510 – In Topic 8 on Terrorism, extend last sentence of opening paragraph by adding: “and NSPG 86 – Combatting Terrorism, of March 2, 1984.”
Afterword
- P. 513 – Change “December 2014” in first line on page change to “March 2015.”
- P. 519 – In second line on page insert “that” after “dialectic.”
- P. 520 – In “The Second Iraq War” paragraph on at end of sentence ending in “on computers,” delete comma. Insert new sentence: (See CIA Adviser Charles Duelfer Testimony on Iraqi WMD Programs, March 30, 2004.)
Acknowledgements
- P. 525 – In “Freedom Fighter’s” paragraph replace name of Doug Graham with Daniel Graham.
- P. 525 – In first sentence of paragraph on “Post-Cold War Private Sector…” delete “and” after “proposals.”
- P. 526 –Paragraph on AFPC Review Process updates names and contributions