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The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War

The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War


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In this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War's ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is wrong. To understand the significance of the parts played by Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in East-West relations in the second half of the 1980s, Brown addresses several specific questions: What were the values and assumptions of these leaders, and how did their perceptions evolve? What were the major influences on them? To what extent were they reflecting the views of their own political establishment or challenging them? How important for ending the East-West standoff were their interrelations? Would any of the realistically alternative leaders of their countries at that time have pursued approximately the same policies?

The Cold War got colder in the early 1980s and the relationship between the two military superpowers, the USA and the Soviet Union, each of whom had the capacity to annihilate the other, was tense. By the end of the decade, East-West relations had been utterly transformed, with most of the dividing lines - including the division of Europe - removed. Engagement between Gorbachev and Reagan was a crucial part of that process of change. More surprising was Thatcher's role. Regarded by Reagan as his ideological and political soulmate, she formed also a strong and supportive relationship with Gorbachev (beginning three months before he came to power). Promoting Gorbachev in Washington as 'a man to do business with', she became, in the words of her foreign policy adviser Sir Percy Cradock, 'an agent of influence in both directions'.



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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"Archie Brown, arguably the world's greatest authority on late-Soviet Russia, mounts a scrupulously detailed account of the three major players, their key roles, and those of senior advisors around them. However, 'Mutual trust painstakingly gained, and then lost, is especially difficult to re-establish.' Brown's judgment should be a motto on every Western leader's desk." -- Gary Hart, United States Senator (Ret.)


"Thanks to Archie Brown, world-renowned author of several outstanding books on Mikhail Gorbachev, we now have his meticulous, definitive account of how Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher all contributed mightily to ending the Cold War." -- William Taubman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and his Era and of Gorbachev: His Life and Times


"Another tour de force from Archie Brown: detailed scholarship, elegant prose, and a clear argument. Read this book to find why we should not ignore the 'human factor' underpinning great historical shifts. A fascinating account of how the Cold War ended, explored through the personal interactions between three world leaders - Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher." - Bridget Kendall, Former BBC Diplomatic, Moscow, and Washington Correspondent



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  • ISBN-13: 9780190614911
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War
  • ISBN-10: 0190614919
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2020
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 448


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