From the shadows : the ultimate insider's story of live presidents and how they won the Cold War /
Robert M. Gates
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996
- 604 p. : il. ; 24 cm.
1969-1974 : Détente : The years of smoke and mirrors, 25. -- Washington and Moscow : 1969, 27. -- So this was "Détente"?, 39. -- 1975-1980 : The mask of soviet ascendancy, 51. -- American paralysis, 64. -- The "Third World" war, 64. -- Planting lethal seeds, 85. -- MUTS, spies, and dissidents, 97. -- Defense and arms control : Advantage USSR, 105. -- 1979 : Cold war, hot war. East war, west war, 118. -- Carter turns to CIA, 135. -- The mask of soviet ascendancy, the reality of vulnerability, 170. -- 1981-1986 : The resurgence of the west, 181. -- The reawakening, 183. -- Reagan's sword : Casey at CIA, 198. -- Turning the tables, 226. -- 1983 : The most dangerous year, 258. -- The war in Washington, 1983 : Shultz against the field, 278. -- Central America, 1983 : Our Own Worst Enemy, 293. -- Passages : Last gasp of the Soviet Old Guard, 317. -- 1985 : Reagan and Gorbachev : The best of enemies, 327. -- The third world competition, 1985-1986 : Washington pours it on, 346. -- Intelligence wars, 357. -- 1986-1991 : Liberation and history's dustbin, 373. -- Gorbachev's uncertain trumpet, 1986-1987, 375. -- Diversions, 390. -- Geneva to Washington, 404. -- Ending the "Third World" war, 427. -- Gorbachev : Destroying the soviet system, 438. -- The "Velvet Revolutions" of 1989 : the avalanche of liberation, 449. -- Together at last : Bush and Gorbachev, 472. -- Destruction of the "Evil Empire", 508. -- A Joyless Victory, 532
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