Crusader Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism

Name: Crusader Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
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ISBN: 9780061189241

ISBN-10: 0061189243

ISBN-13: 9780061189241

Edition: 2007

Authors: Paul Kengor

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With The Crusader, presidential historian Paul Kengor (God and Ronald Reagan) returns with the one book about Reagan that has not been written: the story of his lifelong crusade against communism, and of his concertedand ultimately triumphanteffort to overthrow the Soviet Union. Kengor draws on reams of newly declassified presidential papers, previously untapped Soviet media archives and new interviews with key players, as he traces Reagan's lifelong efforts to target the Soviet Union and what he famously dubbed the "Evil Empire." Kengor's work reveals what historians are only beginning to realize: Reagan not only wished for the collapse of communism, but had a deep and specific…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/18/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.08" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface



The Early Years



Rock River Rescuer



Reagan's Long March: The 1940s



The TV Crusade: 1950 to mid-1960s



Cold War Governor: Late 1960s



Breaking the Mold: 1970s



"Let's Make America Great Again": 1980



The First Term



First Priorities: January to November 1981



Poland Explodes: December 1981



Commencing the Crusade: January to June 1982



The Vatican and Westminster: June 7-8, 1982



Plans and the Pipeline: Mid-June to December 1982



The Hottest Year in a Cold War: 1983



Grenada and Winning: October to December 1983



Winning the Second Term: 1984



The Second Term



The Emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev: March 1985



Afghanistan, the Arms Race, and Gorbachev: April to November 1985



Conspiracies and Stingers: Late 1985 to 1986



Calling for Liberation: 1987



"Our formula for completing our crusade": 1988



The Fall of the Soviet Empire



The March of Freedom: 1989



The Coroner Comes to the Kremlin: 1990-1991



Drifting Back


Epilogue



Text of KGB Letter on Senator Ted Kennedy


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index