The Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham Wilson

Bush Presidential Library, and Sherrie Fletcher and Cate Sewell of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University, Robert Holzweiss of the George H. Research was made possible by travel grants from the University of Virginia’s Corcoran Department of History, Society of Fellows, and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as well as the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations and the George H. Bush’s New World Order 170 Conclusion: Individuals and Strategy Notes 205 Index 253 197 Ack nowledgments I am deeply indebted to a number of individuals and institutions. For further information, visit our website at Cloth printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For My Dad Contents Acknowledgments ix A Brief Note on Sources List of Abbreviations xi xiii Introduction: Individuals and Power 1. Such materials include vegetable-based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers. E183.8.S65W56 2014 2013027121 327.73047-dc23 Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. United States-Foreign relations-1981–1989. Soviet Union-Foreign relations-United States.

United States-Foreign relations-Soviet Union. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. The triumph of improvisation : Gorbachev’s adaptability, Reagan’s engagement, and the end of the Cold War / James Graham Wilson. First published 2014 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wilson, James Graham, 1980– author. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. THE TRIUMPH OF IMPROVISATION THE TRIUMPH OF IMPROVISATION GORBACHEV’S ADAPTABILITY, R EA GA N’ S E NG A G E M E N T, A N D TH E END O F T H E CO L D WA R James Graham Wilson CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Ithaca and London Copyright © 2014 by Cornell University All rights reserved.

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The Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham Wilson