From the Shadows

The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and how They Won the Cold War

• Author(s): Robert Michael Gates,
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Pages: 604
• ISBN_10: 0684834979
  ISBN_13: 9780684834979
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Political , History / General , History / Europe / General , History / United States / 20th Century , Political Science / General , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage , Political Science / American Government / General ,

Description:... Gates shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, there was extraordinary continuity of policy from one President to the next, most strikingly from Carter to Reagan: the former laid the foundations for many of the latter's policies, including CIA covert action in the Third World, efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the Soviet regime at home, continued strategic modernization, and the conduct of economic warfare against the USSR - policies all dramatically expanded and pursued with enthusiasm by Reagan.