Second Cold War - Carter, Reagan, and the Politics of Foreign Policy

In The Second Cold War, Aaron Donaghy examines the rise and fall of the last great struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, shedding new light on American history, the Cold War, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, foreign policy, politics, and international relations.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The dwindling of Détente; 2. 'It's all political now'; 3. To the right; 4. Confrontation; 5. The nuclear freeze movement; 6. Star Wars and the evil empire; 7. The most dangerous year; 8. To the center; 9. Conciliation; Epilogue.

About the author

Aaron Donaghy teaches US foreign relations history and modern international history at University College Dublin. He is the author of The British Government and the Falkland Islands, 1974–79.

Product details

• Authors: Aaron Donaghy, Donaghy Aaron
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781108947688
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94768-8
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Russia, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / United States / General, International Relations, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts