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

Author/creator Sell, Louis, 1947- author.
Format Book
PublicationDurham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Description408 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
United States--Foreign relations. --Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations. --United States.
Soviet Union--History. --1985-1991.
Soviet Union--History. --1953-1985.

Contents 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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 383-397) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2016006457
ISBN9780822361794 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN0822361795 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780822361954 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN0822361957 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN(ebk)

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