Beschreibung:
Thomas Simons held an important position in US-Soviet relations for most of the 1980s. However, his account of policy development during this period is not confined to personal reminiscence. He tries, drawing on his training as a historian, to weigh events in their broader, more long term context.
The roots of new thinking in U.S. Soviet relations; the dynamics of American new thinking - U.S. Soviet relations 1981-1983; introducing Gorbachev - U.S. Soviet relations 1983-1985; to Reykjavik and beyond - U.S. Soviet relations 1986-1988; economism and its agony - the division of Europe at the turn of the 1980's; slouching towards Bethlehem - the division of Europe in the 1980's; reflections on the end of the Cold War.