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The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan
James Mann
A History of the End of the Cold War
Viking Adult
March 2009
On Sale: March 5, 2009
416 pages
ISBN: 0670020540
EAN: 9780670020546
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction History
In The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan, New York Times
bestselling author James Mann directs his keen analysis to
Ronald Reagan’s role in ending the Cold War. Drawing on new
interviews and previously unavailable documents, Mann
offers a fresh and compelling narrative—a new history
assessing what Reagan did, and did not do, to help bring
America’s four-decade conflict with the Soviet Union to a
close. As he did so masterfully in Rise of the Vulcans, Mann sheds
new light on the hidden aspects of American foreign policy.
He reveals previously undisclosed secret messages between
Reagan and Moscow; internal White House intrigues; and
battles with leading figures such as Nixon and Kissinger,
who repeatedly questioned Reagan’s unfolding diplomacy with
Mikhail Gorbachev. He details the background and fierce
debate over Reagan’s famous Berlin Wall speech and shows
how it fit into Reagan’s policies. Ultimately, Mann dispels
the facile stereotypes of Reagan in favor of a levelheaded,
cogent understanding of a determined president and his
strategy. This book finally answers the troubling questions about
Reagan’s actual role in the crumbling of Soviet power; and
concludes that by recognizing the significance of
Gorbachev, Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close.
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