(Read) The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World *Books

An in-depth and masterful account of how Ronald Reagan?s foreign policy "team of rivals" ended the Cold War and laid the foundation for the twenty-first century. Today, the ending of the Cold War seems a foregone conclusion. But in the early 1980s, US intelligence predicted the Soviet Union would last another century. Ronald Reagan entered the White House with no certainty of what would happen next, only an overriding faith in American democracy and an abiding belief that the communist system?and the threat of nuclear war?must be brought to an end. The Peacemaker is the story of the eight years of Reagan?s presidency, as he and his foreign policy team managed, in real time, multiple crises around the globe. From the emergence of global terrorism, wars in the Middle East, the rise of Japan and the awakening of China, to proxy conflicts in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, Reagan?s team oversaw the worldwide expansion of democracy, globalization, free trade, and the information