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9780197635094

Publication date:

19/08/2022

Paperback

528 pages

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ISBN:

9780197635094

Publication date:

19/08/2022

Paperback

528 pages

Archie Brown

The Human Factor shows that despite their profound differences, these leaders were able to find common ground at a moment when East-West relations were under the greatest strain. The central figure is Gorbachev, whose unlikely rise to power rocked the establishment, both within the Soviet Union and in the West. 

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Archie Brown

Description

Why did the Cold War end when it did? Few questions have generated more heated debate over the course of the last three decades. Archie Brown, one of the foremost experts on the subject, shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is erroneous. To understand what really happened, he argues, we need to focus on the parts played by Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and especially Mikhail Gorbachev in the crucial years of the 1980s. The Human Factor shows that despite their profound differences, these leaders were able to find common ground at a moment when East-West relations were under the greatest strain. The central figure is Gorbachev, whose unlikely rise to power rocked the establishment, both within the Soviet Union and in the West. While Thatcher's hard lines more closely matched those of her ideological soulmate, Ronald Reagan, she was able to convince Reagan that Gorbachev was a "man to do business with" and became an agent of influence in both directions. By the end of the 1980s East-West relations had been transformed. At a decisive juncture in history the actions and interactions between these three key figures laid the groundwork for a different world.

Brown's clear-eyed and fascinating account brings to bear a lifetime of scholarship and engagement, and offers the definitive account of the central role leadership played in ending the Cold War.

About the author:

Archie Brown is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford

Archie Brown

Table of contents

Preface
1. The Reality of the Cold War
2. Mikhail Gorbachev: from Communist reformer to gravedigger of Communism?
3. Ronald Reagan: from Cold Warrior to Peacemonger?
4. Margaret Thatcher: 'agent of influence'?
5. Breaking the ice (1985-86)
6. Building trust (1987)
7. The End of the Ideological Divide (1988)
8. The End of the Cold War (1989)
9. The Immediate Consequences (1990-91)
10. Aftermath (1992 to the present day)

Archie Brown

Archie Brown

Archie Brown

Description

Why did the Cold War end when it did? Few questions have generated more heated debate over the course of the last three decades. Archie Brown, one of the foremost experts on the subject, shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is erroneous. To understand what really happened, he argues, we need to focus on the parts played by Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and especially Mikhail Gorbachev in the crucial years of the 1980s. The Human Factor shows that despite their profound differences, these leaders were able to find common ground at a moment when East-West relations were under the greatest strain. The central figure is Gorbachev, whose unlikely rise to power rocked the establishment, both within the Soviet Union and in the West. While Thatcher's hard lines more closely matched those of her ideological soulmate, Ronald Reagan, she was able to convince Reagan that Gorbachev was a "man to do business with" and became an agent of influence in both directions. By the end of the 1980s East-West relations had been transformed. At a decisive juncture in history the actions and interactions between these three key figures laid the groundwork for a different world.

Brown's clear-eyed and fascinating account brings to bear a lifetime of scholarship and engagement, and offers the definitive account of the central role leadership played in ending the Cold War.

About the author:

Archie Brown is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford

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Table of contents

Preface
1. The Reality of the Cold War
2. Mikhail Gorbachev: from Communist reformer to gravedigger of Communism?
3. Ronald Reagan: from Cold Warrior to Peacemonger?
4. Margaret Thatcher: 'agent of influence'?
5. Breaking the ice (1985-86)
6. Building trust (1987)
7. The End of the Ideological Divide (1988)
8. The End of the Cold War (1989)
9. The Immediate Consequences (1990-91)
10. Aftermath (1992 to the present day)

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