Description: Title: The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism Author: Kengor, Paul Publisher: Harper Perennial Binding: Paperback Pages: 432 Dimensions: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d Product Weight: 0.65 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780061189241 Based on extraordinary research: a major reassessment of Ronald Reagan's lifelong crusade to dismantle the Soviet Empire-including shocking revelations about the liberal American politician who tried to collude with USSR to counter Reagan's efforts Paul Kengor's God and Ronald Reagan made presidential historian Paul Kengor's name as one of the premier chroniclers of the life and career of the 40th president. Now, with The Crusader, Kengor returns with the one book about Reagan that has not been written: The story of his lifelong crusade against communism, and of his dogged-and ultimately triumphant-effort to overthrow the Soviet Union. Drawing upon reams of newly declassified presidential papers, as well as untapped Soviet media archives and new interviews with key players, Kengor traces Reagan's efforts to target the Soviet Union from his days as governor of California to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of what he famously dubbed the "Evil Empire." The result is a major revision and enhancement of what historians are only beginning to realize: That Reagan not only wished for the collapse of communism, but had a deep and specific understanding of what it would take--and effected dozens of policy shifts that brought the USSR to its heels within a decade of his presidency. The Crusader makes use of key sources from behind the Iron Curtain, including one key memo that implicates a major American liberal politician-still in office today-in a scheme to enlist Soviet premier Yuri Andropov to help defeat Reagan's 1984 reelection bid. Such new finds make The Crusader not just a work of extraordinary history, but a work of explosive revelation that will be debated as hotly in 2006 as Reagan's policies were in the 1980s. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Crusader : Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2007
Topic: World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, United States / 20th Century, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, General, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 16.4 Oz
Author: Paul Kengor
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
