The End of the Cold War, 1981-1992 - Short History
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The End of the Cold War, 1981-1992
Contents
- The World in 1981
- The President and Secretary Haig
- Secretary Haig and the Department
- Reagan’s Foreign Policy
- Secretary Shultz Takes Charge
- The United States in Europe
- Gorbachev and Perestroika
- Management Fails the Department
- Department Appointments Politicized
- More Change for the Foreign Service
- Embassies Subject to Violence, Spying
- President Bush and Secretary Baker
- Bush’s Foreign Policy
- The Berlin Wall Falls and USSR Dissolves
- New Global Problems Emerge
- The First Gulf War
- Conclusion