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Résumé :
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Domestic and International Setting -- Toward a Reconstruction of American Strength: A New Era in the Claim to Global Leadership? / Haftendorn, Helga -- Political Culture and the Reagan Administration / Schissler, Jakob -- Reconstruction of Economic Strength? The (Foreign) Economic Policy of the Reagan Administration / Wormann, Claudia -- II. Agenda Setting -- Ronald Reagan and his Rhetoric in Foreign Policy / Schmidt, Werner -- Security Policy and the Opponents of D?tente / Staack, Michael -- Moral Containment of Military Challenge: The Reagan Administration and the Soviet Union / Tuschhoff, Christian -- III. Decision-Making -- Military Buildup Without a Strategy: The Defense Policy of the Reagan Administration and the Response by Congress / F?rst, Andreas -- Decision in March: The Genesis of the Star Wars Speech and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SD) / Zimmermann, Karsten -- The Reagan Administration's Policy on Technology Controls: The Conflict of Economic Interests and Security Principles / Boltersdorf, J?rg -- The Lost Opportunity of the Walk in the Woods: Motives and Calculations of U.S. Decision Makers / Tuschhoff, Christian -- Farewell to SALT II / Staack, Michael -- IV. Case Studies -- The Impact of the War Powers Resolution on Crisis Decision Making / Schissler, Jakob -- The Reagan Administration's Strategic Arms Control Policy: The Meaning of Deep Cuts / Paul, Michael -- U.S. Policy in COCOM / Jacobsen, Hanns-D. -- The Collapse of Constructive Engagement: U.S. Foreign Policy in Southern Africa / Hellmann, Gunther -- V. Conclusion -- Reconstruction of American Strength? / Schissler, Jakob -- Bibliography -- Authors -- Backmatter

Sommaire:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Domestic and International Setting -- Toward a Reconstruction of American Strength: A New Era in the Claim to Global Leadership? -- Political Culture and the Reagan Administration -- Reconstruction of Economic Strength? The (Foreign) Economic Policy of the Reagan Administration -- II. Agenda Setting -- Ronald Reagan and his Rhetoric in Foreign Policy -- Security Policy and the Opponents of D?tente -- Moral Containment of Military Challenge: The Reagan Administration and the Soviet Union -- III. Decision-Making -- Military Buildup Without a Strategy: The Defense Policy of the Reagan Administration and the Response by Congress -- Decision in March: The Genesis of the ?Star Wars? Speech and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SD) -- The Reagan Administration's Policy on Technology Controls: The Conflict of Economic Interests and Security Principles -- The Lost Opportunity of the ?Walk in the Woods: Motives and Calculations of U.S. Decision Makers -- Farewell to SALT II -- IV. Case Studies -- The Impact of the War Powers Resolution on Crisis Decision Making -- The Reagan Administration?s Strategic Arms Control Policy: The Meaning of ?Deep Cuts? -- U.S. Policy in COCOM -- The Collapse of ?Constructive Engagement?: U.S. Foreign Policy in Southern Africa -- V. Conclusion -- Reconstruction of American Strength? -- Bibliography -- Authors -- Backmatter