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From Washington to Moscow : US-Soviet relations and the collapse of the USSR / Louis Sell.

Sell, Louis, 1947- (Author).

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Record details

  • ISBN: 9780822374008
  • ISBN: 0822374005
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 pages)
  • Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: two treaties, two eras -- First visit to the USSR: things are not as they seem -- Leonid Brezhnev: power and stagnation -- Repression and resistance -- The Nixon years -- A tale of two cities: Vladivostok and Helsinki -- The unhappy presidency of Jimmy Carter -- Two crises and an Olympiad -- Interregnum: Andropov in power -- Ronald Reagan's first administration -- Eagle vs. bear: US and Soviet approaches to strategic arms control -- Mikhail Gorbachev -- Gorbachev ascendant -- New kid on the block: Gorbachev emerges in US-Soviet relations -- I guess I should say Michael: the turn in US-Soviet relations -- 1989: year of miracles or time of troubles? -- Stumbling toward collapse: Gorbachev's final eighteen months -- The August coup -- Red star falling August coup aftermath -- Why did the USSR collapse?.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject:
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
Soviet Union > History > 1985-1991.
Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985.
Genre:
Electronic books.
From Washington to Moscow.