In From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs—many in Russian—as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US–Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse.
In From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs—many in Russian—as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US–Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse.
Prologue. Two Treaties, Two Eras 1 1. First Visit to the USSR: Things Are Not as They Seem 5 2. Leonid Brezhnev: Power and Stagnation 9 3. Repression and Resistance 22 4. The Nixon Years 41 5. A Tale of Two Cities: Vladivostok and Helsinki 63 6. The Unhappy Presidency of Jimmy Carter 76 7. Two Crises and an Olympiad 96 8. Interregnum: Andropov in Power 114 9. Ronald Reagan's First Administration 128 10. Eagle vs. Bear: US and Soviet Approaches to Strategic Arms Control 145 11. Mikhail Gorbachev 165 12. Gorbachev Ascendant 184 13. New Kid on the Block: Gorbachev Emerges in US-Soviet Relations 196 14. "I Guess I Should Say Michael": The Turn in US-Soviet Relations 213 15. 1989: Year of Miracles or Time of Troubles? 242 16. Stumbling toward Collapse: Gorbachev's Final Eighteen Months 270 17. The August Coup 294 18. Red Star Falling 312 19. Why Did the USSR Collapse? 322 Postscript 339 Notes 351 Bibliography 383 Index 399
Prologue. Two Treaties, Two Eras 1 1. First Visit to the USSR: Things Are Not as They Seem 5 2. Leonid Brezhnev: Power and Stagnation 9 3. Repression and Resistance 22 4. The Nixon Years 41 5. A Tale of Two Cities: Vladivostok and Helsinki 63 6. The Unhappy Presidency of Jimmy Carter 76 7. Two Crises and an Olympiad 96 8. Interregnum: Andropov in Power 114 9. Ronald Reagan's First Administration 128 10. Eagle vs. Bear: US and Soviet Approaches to Strategic Arms Control 145 11. Mikhail Gorbachev 165 12. Gorbachev Ascendant 184 13. New Kid on the Block: Gorbachev Emerges in US-Soviet Relations 196 14. "I Guess I Should Say Michael": The Turn in US-Soviet Relations 213 15. 1989: Year of Miracles or Time of Troubles? 242 16. Stumbling toward Collapse: Gorbachev's Final Eighteen Months 270 17. The August Coup 294 18. Red Star Falling 312 19. Why Did the USSR Collapse? 322 Postscript 339 Notes 351 Bibliography 383 Index 399
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