Peace works : the citizen's role in ending the Cold War

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Peace works : the citizen's role in ending the Cold War

David Cortright

Westview Press, 1993

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-276) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The book argues that citizen peace activists played a significant role in ending the Cold War, and that grassroots social movements have the power to shape the development of history. "Peace Works" shows how, when and where public opinion and US policy were influenced by the actions and ideas of the peace movement. Special anecdotes and personal stories are included and there are insider accounts and unpublished sources on the remarkable events of the late 1980s, including Reykjavik, Rian-Contra and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Table of Contents

  • Making history
  • the nuclear freeze
  • prevention
  • God against the bomb
  • shaping culture
  • peace opinion
  • accommodation: the Reagan administration's response to the freeze
  • the zero solution and the European peace movement
  • the stop MX campaign
  • star wars versus earth peace
  • Reykjavik and beyond
  • Perestroika and peace
  • the Central American connection
  • who won the Cold War?

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Details

  • NCID
    BA21362976
  • ISBN
    • 0813318815
    • 0813318823
  • LCCN
    93020431
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boulder
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 288 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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