Unarmed Forces : : The Transnational Movement to End the Cold War / / Matthew Evangelista.
Throughout the Cold War, people worldwide feared that the U.S. and Soviet governments could not prevent a nuclear showdown. Citizens from both East-bloc and Western countries, among them prominent scientists and physicians, formed networks to promote ideas and policies that would lessen this danger....
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Transnational Relations and the Cold War
- 1. Taming the Bear
- 2. Structure, Opportunity, and Change
- Part II. The Khrushchev Era
- 3. The Birth of Transnationalism
- 4. "A Battle on Two Fronts": Khrushchev's Test Ban
- 5. "Why Keep Such an Army?" Khrushchev's Troop Reductions
- 6. "Hitting a Fly in Outer Space": Khrushchev and Missile Defenses
- Part III. The Brezhnev Era
- 7. Success, Stagnation, and Revival
- 8. "Nothing More to Talk About": Nuclear Testing under Brezhnev
- 9. "A Train without a Locomotive": Brezhnev's Army
- 10. "Not a Fool": Brezhnev and the ABM Treaty
- 11. The "Reckless Star Wars Scheme": A New Challenge
- Part IV. The Gorbachev Era
- 12. Transnational Renaissance
- 13. "Silence Reigned on Our Nuclear Test Ranges": Gorbachev and the Moratorium
- 14. "We Are Not Floating above Reality": Gorbachev's Revolution in European Security Policy
- 15. "If There Were No Nuclear Missiles": Gorbachev's Answer to Star Wars
- Part V. The Post-Soviet Era
- 16. The Paradox of State Strength
- 17. Power, Persuasion, and Norms
- Index