Why the Cold War Ended: A Range of Interpretations

Abstract

Foreword by David Lange Acknowledgments Introduction Challenging the Emergent Orthodoxy by Ralph Summy Political Leaders and Their Policies Did Reagan Win the Cold War? by April Carter Ronald Reaganism Ended the Cold War-In the 1960s by Robert Elias The End of the Cold War: The Brezhnev Doctrine by Joanne Wright Mass Movements and Thinking The Peace Movement Role in Ending the Cold War by David Cortright Gorbachev, the Peace Movement, and the Death of Lenin by Jennifer Turpin The Peace Movement's Role in Ending the Cold War by David Cortright Europe 1989: The Role of Peace Research and the Peace Movement by Johan Galtung The Erosion of Regime Legitimacy in Eastern European Satellite States: The Case of the German Democratic Republic by Ulf Sundhaussen Economic Determinants Upper Volta With Rockets: Internal vs. External Factors in the Decline of the Soviet Union by Dennis Phillips Marxism, Capitalism, and Democracy: Some Post-Soviet Dilemmas by Geoff Dow Whose Cold War? by Rick Kuhn Systemic Global Changes Carrots Were More Important Than Sticks in Ending the Cold War by Kevin Clements How the Cold War Became an Expensive Irrelevance by Keith Suter Emerging Paradigms & Lessons Learnt The Continuing Cold War by John Burton In the Shadow of the Middle Kingdom Syndrome: China in the Post-Cold War World by C. L. Chiou The Cold War and After: A New Period of Upheaval in World Politics by Joseph Camilleri Conclusion The End of the Cold War: A Political, Historical, and Mythological Event by Michael E. Salla Bibliography Index