The Reagan Revolution Iii: Defeating the Soviet Challenge

Volume III of the Reagan Revolution series recounts the president's successful defeat of the Soviet drive for global hegemony—for strategic weaons superiority, political domination of the Eurasian landmass, and decisive leverage over world oil. In volumes I and II of this study I analyzed the president's decisions to jettison the failed strategy of detente and seek victory in the Cold War. In broadening the nation's economic base to sustain a more powerful military capability, he confronted...