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1 online resource (203 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Genesis of the SDI Project, 1981-83 -- The Return from the Abyss: The Evolution of the NST Framework -- SDI: The Conceptual Battle -- SDI: Implementation versus Abrogation -- Cold Storage: The Delinking of the Nuclear and Space Talks -- Conclusion: The Strategic Defense Initiative and the Cold War Endgame. |
| Summary |
The Nuclear and Space Talks revolutionized arms control. The Cold War endgame commenced with the umbrella negotiations' that linked START and INF negotiations to a regulation on the weaponization of space. This volume reveals a US grand strategy to replace deterrence with a collective security order. An entente of the superpowers was needed to transform bipolarity. The US planned the replacement of mutually assured destruction by mutually assured security. A global astrodome was to protect a nuclear disarmed world. The Franco-German special relationship in European affairs had to be amended by a US-SU special relationship to replace classic bloc politics. The Reagan Administration planned a global zero agenda, a joint development of a global protective system and a creation of a Common House of Europe. In brief, the superpowers prepared 'the velvet revolution' that eliminated the Cold War structures. Neither containment nor convergence offers a valid explanation of the Cold War endgame. Co-creation is the key to decipher the end of the Cold War. NATO Europe challenged the transformation of bipolarity. The European NWS resisted to a multilateralization of strategic arms control. In Europe the classic Cold War thinking survived the fall of the Iron Curtain. European conservatism contributed to the geopolitical catastrophe of the first order: the downfall of the Soviet Union. The Reagan Administration developed a Grand Strategy to end the Cold War. The US-SU co-creation of an astrodome was meant to ease a global zero agenda. A global collective security structure under the United Nations was to replace deterrence. The superpower project collapsed due to the penetration of US decision-making by NATO Allies. The European NWS totally objected to a multilateralization of strategic arms control to preserve their relative position in the international system. -- Publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reagan, Ronald.
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Reagan, Ronald. |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |
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Strategic Defense Initiative.
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Strategic Defense Initiative. |
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Cold War.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Soviet Union. |
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International relations. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Nuclear arms control.
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Diplomacy -- History -- 20th century.
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Diplomacy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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United States -- Foreign relations.
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Nuclear arms control. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dietl, Ralph L. Strategic Defense Initiative : Ronald Reagan, NATO Europe, and the Nuclear and Space Talks, 1981-1988. : Lexington Books, ©2018 9781498565653 |
| ISBN |
9781498565660 (electronic book) |
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1498565662 (electronic book) |
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9781498565653 (hardback) |
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