
The Reagan Administration
A Reconstruction of American Strength?
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 1988
Book
Hardback
XI, 306 pages
978-3-11-011372-3 (ISBN)
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Reprint 2019
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle, 1 Abbildung
1 ill., 1 tbl.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-011372-3 (9783110113723)
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Content
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Domestic and International Setting -- Toward a Reconstruction of American Strength: A New Era in the Claim to Global Leadership? -- Political Culture and the Reagan Administration -- Reconstruction of Economic Strength? The (Foreign) Economic Policy of the Reagan Administration -- II. Agenda Setting -- Ronald Reagan and his Rhetoric in Foreign Policy -- Security Policy and the Opponents of Detente -- Moral Containment of Military Challenge: The Reagan Administration and the Soviet Union -- III. Decision-Making -- Military Buildup Without a Strategy: The Defense Policy of the Reagan Administration and the Response by Congress -- Decision in March: The Genesis of the "Star Wars" Speech and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SD) -- The Reagan Administration's Policy on Technology Controls: The Conflict of Economic Interests and Security Principles -- The Lost Opportunity of the "Walk in the Woods: Motives and Calculations of U.S. Decision Makers -- Farewell to SALT II -- IV. Case Studies -- The Impact of the War Powers Resolution on Crisis Decision Making -- The Reagan Administration's Strategic Arms Control Policy: The Meaning of "Deep Cuts" -- U.S. Policy in COCOM -- The Collapse of "Constructive Engagement": U.S. Foreign Policy in Southern Africa -- V. Conclusion -- Reconstruction of American Strength? -- Bibliography -- Authors -- Backmatter