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• catalog abstract "The only person to rise from entry-level analyst to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and to serve on the White House staffs of four Presidents, Robert M. Gates knows firsthand the deepest secrets of the Cold War. Drawing on his personal experiences in the CIA and on the National Security Council staff in the White House, as well as on intimate knowledge of CIA documents and activities never before revealed, Gates tells how the Cold War was really fought. From Nixon's detente policy to Reagan's arming of the Mujahedin in their war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, he tells the true story of American policy toward the Soviet Union, placing special emphasis on the White House and the CIA. Gates shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, there was extraordinary continuity of policy from one President to the next, most strikingly from Carter to Reagan: the former laid the foundations for many of the latter's policies, including CIA covert action in the Third World, efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the Soviet regime at home, continued strategic modernization, and the conduct of economic warfare against the USSR - policies all dramatically expanded and pursued with enthusiasm by Reagan. Brimming with eyewitness accounts of historic meetings, epic internal battles over policy, secret missions, covert operations, and other intelligence activities, From the Shadows challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the events and personalities of the period. Among Gates's revelations: Carter's covert program to encourage the dissident movement and provoke ethnic unrest in the USSR, and how the State Department and the CIA secretly collaborated to block the effort; CIA predictions of a conservative coup against Gorbachev and the collapse of the Soviet Union, two years before these events occurred; CIA and KGB "black operations" against each other; the secret relationship between Pope John Paul II and the Kremlin; the three secret CIA-KGB "summits."".
• catalog contributor b8948180.
• catalog coverage "Soviet Union Foreign relations United States.".
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Soviet Union.".
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "Among Gates's revelations: Carter's covert program to encourage the dissident movement and provoke ethnic unrest in the USSR, and how the State Department and the CIA secretly collaborated to block the effort; CIA predictions of a conservative coup against Gorbachev and the collapse of the Soviet Union, two years before these events occurred; CIA and KGB "black operations" against each other; the secret relationship between Pope John Paul II and the Kremlin; the three secret CIA-KGB "summits."".
• catalog description "Brimming with eyewitness accounts of historic meetings, epic internal battles over policy, secret missions, covert operations, and other intelligence activities, From the Shadows challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the events and personalities of the period.".
• catalog description "Drawing on his personal experiences in the CIA and on the National Security Council staff in the White House, as well as on intimate knowledge of CIA documents and activities never before revealed, Gates tells how the Cold War was really fought. From Nixon's detente policy to Reagan's arming of the Mujahedin in their war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, he tells the true story of American policy toward the Soviet Union, placing special emphasis on the White House and the CIA.".
• catalog description "Gates shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, there was extraordinary continuity of policy from one President to the next, most strikingly from Carter to Reagan: the former laid the foundations for many of the latter's policies, including CIA covert action in the Third World, efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the Soviet regime at home, continued strategic modernization, and the conduct of economic warfare against the USSR - policies all dramatically expanded and pursued with enthusiasm by Reagan.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-580) and index.".
• catalog description "The only person to rise from entry-level analyst to Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and to serve on the White House staffs of four Presidents, Robert M. Gates knows firsthand the deepest secrets of the Cold War.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. 1969-1974: Detente -- The Years of Smoke and Mirrors. 1. Washington and Moscow: 1969. 2. So This Was "Detente"? -- pt. 2. 1975-1980: The Mask of Soviet Ascendancy. 3. American Paralysis. 4. The "Third World" War. 5. Planting Lethal Seeds. 6. MUTS, Spies, and Dissidents. 7. Defense and Arms Control: Advantage USSR. 8. 1979: Cold War, Hot War -- East War, West War. 9. Carter Turns to CIA. 10. The Mask of Soviet Ascendancy, the Reality of Vulnerability -- pt. 3. 1981-1986: The Resurgence of the West. 11. The Reawakening. 12. Reagan's Sword: Casey at CIA. 13. Turning the Tables. 14. 1983: The Most Dangerous Year. 15. The War in Washington, 1983: Shultz Against the Field. 16. Central America, 1983-1984: Our Own Worst Enemy. 17. Passages: Last Gasp of the Soviet Old Guard. 18. 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev -- the Best of Enemies. 19. The Third World Competition, 1985-1986: Washington Pours It On. 20. Intelligence Wars.".
• catalog extent "604 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "From the shadows.".
• catalog identifier "0684810816".
• catalog identifier "0684834979 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "From the shadows.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York, NY : Simon & Schuster,".
• catalog relation "From the shadows.".
• catalog spatial "Soviet Union Foreign relations United States.".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Soviet Union.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "327.73047 20".
• catalog subject "E183.8.S65 G39 1996".
• catalog subject "Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-".
• catalog subject "Intelligence service United States History 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. 1969-1974: Detente -- The Years of Smoke and Mirrors. 1. Washington and Moscow: 1969. 2. So This Was "Detente"? -- pt. 2. 1975-1980: The Mask of Soviet Ascendancy. 3. American Paralysis. 4. The "Third World" War. 5. Planting Lethal Seeds. 6. MUTS, Spies, and Dissidents. 7. Defense and Arms Control: Advantage USSR. 8. 1979: Cold War, Hot War -- East War, West War. 9. Carter Turns to CIA. 10. The Mask of Soviet Ascendancy, the Reality of Vulnerability -- pt. 3. 1981-1986: The Resurgence of the West. 11. The Reawakening. 12. Reagan's Sword: Casey at CIA. 13. Turning the Tables. 14. 1983: The Most Dangerous Year. 15. The War in Washington, 1983: Shultz Against the Field. 16. Central America, 1983-1984: Our Own Worst Enemy. 17. Passages: Last Gasp of the Soviet Old Guard. 18. 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev -- the Best of Enemies. 19. The Third World Competition, 1985-1986: Washington Pours It On. 20. Intelligence Wars.".
• catalog title "From the shadows : the ultimate insider's story of five presidents and how they won the Cold War / Robert M. Gates.".
• catalog type "text".