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• catalog abstract ""Using the Star Wars missile defense program as a magnifying glass on his presidency, Frances FitzGerald gives us a wholly original portrait of Ronald Reagan, the most puzzling president of the last half of the twentieth century." "The idea that America should have an impregnable shield against nuclear weapons was Reagan's invention. His famous Star Wars speech, in which he promised us such a shield and called upon scientists to produce it, gave rise to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Reagan used his sure understanding of American mythology, history and politics to persuade the country that a perfect defense against Soviet nuclear weapons would be possible, even though the technology did not exist and was not remotely feasible. His idea turned into a multi-billion-dollar research program. SDI played a central role in U.S.-Soviet relations at a crucial juncture in the Cold War, and in a different form it survives to this day." "Drawing on research, including interviews with the participants, FitzGerald offers new insights into American foreign policy in the Reagan era. She gives us portraits of major players in Reagan's administration, including George Shultz, Caspar Weinberger, Donald Regan and Paul Nitze, and she provides a radically new view of what happened at the Reagan-Gorbachev summits in Geneva, Reykjavik, Washington and Moscow."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11592042.
• catalog coverage "Soviet Union Foreign relations United States.".
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1981-1989.".
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Soviet Union.".
• catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1981-1989.".
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description ""Using the Star Wars missile defense program as a magnifying glass on his presidency, Frances FitzGerald gives us a wholly original portrait of Ronald Reagan, the most puzzling president of the last half of the twentieth century." "The idea that America should have an impregnable shield against nuclear weapons was Reagan's invention. His famous Star Wars speech, in which he promised us such a shield and called upon scientists to produce it, gave rise to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Reagan used his sure understanding of American mythology, history and politics to persuade the country that a perfect defense against Soviet nuclear weapons would be possible, even though the technology did not exist and was not remotely feasible. His idea turned into a multi-billion-dollar research program. SDI played a central role in U.S.-Soviet relations at a crucial juncture in the Cold War, and in a different form it survives to this day." "Drawing on research, including interviews with the participants, FitzGerald offers new insights into American foreign policy in the Reagan era. She gives us portraits of major players in Reagan's administration, including George Shultz, Caspar Weinberger, Donald Regan and Paul Nitze, and she provides a radically new view of what happened at the Reagan-Gorbachev summits in Geneva, Reykjavik, Washington and Moscow."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. The American Everyman -- 2. The Making of an Orator -- 3. Doubling the Volume -- 4. Space Defense Enthusiasts -- 5. To the Star Wars Speech -- 6. Selling the Strategic Defense Initiative -- 7. Hard-Liners vs. Pragmatists -- 8. What Happened at Reykjavik? -- 9. Falling Stars -- 10. Reagan and Gorbachev -- 11. The End of the Cold War -- Afterword: National Missile Defenses, 1989-99.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [566]-573) and index.".
• catalog extent "592 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Way out there in the blue.".
• catalog identifier "0684844168".
• catalog isFormatOf "Way out there in the blue.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
• catalog relation "Way out there in the blue.".
• catalog spatial "Soviet Union Foreign relations United States.".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1981-1989.".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Soviet Union.".
• catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1981-1989.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "973.927/092 21".
• catalog subject "Cold War.".
• catalog subject "E876 .F58 2000".
• catalog subject "Nuclear arms control United States History.".
• catalog subject "Reagan, Ronald.".
• catalog subject "Strategic Defense Initiative.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The American Everyman -- 2. The Making of an Orator -- 3. Doubling the Volume -- 4. Space Defense Enthusiasts -- 5. To the Star Wars Speech -- 6. Selling the Strategic Defense Initiative -- 7. Hard-Liners vs. Pragmatists -- 8. What Happened at Reykjavik? -- 9. Falling Stars -- 10. Reagan and Gorbachev -- 11. The End of the Cold War -- Afterword: National Missile Defenses, 1989-99.".
• catalog title "Way out there in the blue : Reagan, Star Wars, and the end of the Cold War / Frances FitzGerald.".
• catalog type "text".