Inside the Cold War From Marx to Reagan

Educated at Harvard College and the University of California, Berkeley, Sven Kraemer served in the administrations of six presidents, beginning with John Kennedy. He served in the National Security Council with presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Reagan (as Director of Arms Control); in the Office Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and George W. Bush Administrations; and  on Capitol Hill with Senator John Tower and Representative Jack Kemp. He has held senior staff positions in several policy institutes, long taught a graduate seminar in U.S. national security strategy and arms control, and is a Distinguished Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington D.C.

• INTRODUCTIONPART I—ROOTS AND STRATEGIES OF THE COLD WAR BEFORE REAGAN 1 PART II—THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IN U.S. COLD WAR STRATEGY: AN OVERVIEW PART III—THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IN DEFENSE AND ARMS CONTROL 215 PART IV—REAGAN’S FREEDOM STRATEGY AGAINST SOVIET IMPERIALISM, ESPIONAGE, AND “ACTIVE MEASURES” INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS 369 AFTERWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTSSECRETARY OF DEFENSE AWARDREAGAN LETTER TO AUTHORENDNOTES

This scholarly history casts critical new light on the Cold War’s larger historical context, ideological roots, diplomatic and defense strategies, and strategic turning points. The author’s analysis brings valuable insights on today’s conflicts between the faiths and forces of peace and freedom and those of totalitarians in an age of weapons of mass terror and destruction.