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Description edit
A former director of the CIA discusses the inside story of the hidden wars that the U.S. waged against communism, examining the roles of the CIA and the government in the collapse of communism over the course of five presidential administrations. Reprint. 20,000 first printing."
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Mikhail Gorbachev: Add a description of this character.
- Bill Casey
- George Shultz
- Ronald Reagan
- Jimmy Carter
- Scowcroft
- George Bush
- Weinberger
- Baker
- Dci
- Andropov
- Yeltsin
- Shevardnadze
- Brzezinski
- Vance
- Inman
- Mcmahon
- Kissinger
- Brezhnev
- Clark
- Cheney
- Nixon
- Qaddafi
- Gromyko
- Mcfarlane
- Turner
- Aaron
- Kryuchkov
- Brzezinsld
- Schlesinger
- Daniloff
- Haig
- Regan
- Donovan
- Poindexter
- Powell
- Walesa
- Colby
- Moynihan
- Brown
- Stein
- Yurchenko
- Webster
- Savimbi
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Moscow
- Afghanistan
- Washington
- Poland
- White House
- Central America
- Iran-contra
- Nicaragua
- Eastern Europe
- Cuba
- Angola
- Cia
- West Germany
- Libya
- Vietnam
- China
- Middle East
- Kremlin
- Ussr
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Pakistan
- Africa
- Grenada
- Berlin
- Mujahedin
- Helsinki
- Cambodia
- Lithuania
- Czechoslovakia
- Georgia
- East Germany
- Geneva
- Armenia
- Ukraine
- Caribbean
- Iraq
- Malta
- Salvador
- Syria
- Israel
- Tehran
- New York
- Sandinistas
First Sentence edit
VIETNAM. The war dominated everything by 1969.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Michael Gates (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0684810816
Page Count: 608
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0684810816
Page Count: 608
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 327.73047
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1945 - Present
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › Nonfiction › Government › Federal Government
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › History & Theory
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › U.S.
- Books › History › Military › Intelligence & Espionage
- Books › History › Europe
- Books › History › Russia
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