Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-353) and index

1981-82: Reagan's challenge -- 1981-82: Moscow's truculence -- 1983: Summit hopes dashed -- 1984: Reagan prepares; Moscow dawdles -- 1985: Gorbachev in power -- 1985: Enter Shevardnadze -- 1985: Geneva: the first skirmish -- 1986: Geneva recedes; complications mount -- 1986: A crisis and a new proposal -- 1986: Reykjavík: wrestlers in the ring -- 1986: Reykjavík: recriminations -- 1987: A common agenda -- 1987: Gorbachev in Washington -- 1988: Mr. Reagan goes to Moscow -- 1988: The Cold War ends--in principle -- What then?

Describes Ronald Reagan's policies towards the Soviet Union, the summit meetings between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and how the two leaders reached agreements on missile and troop reductions that eventually led to the end of the cold war

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