On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council
meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: "I will make the
decisions." As Reagan's Secret War reveals, these words provide the
touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of
the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led
to the end of the Cold War.
In penning this book, "New York Times" bestselling authors Martin
Anderson and Annelise Anderson drew upon their unprecedented access
to more than eight million highly classified documents housed
within the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley,
California--unseen by the public until now. Using his top secret
clearances, Martin Anderson was able to access Ronald Reagan's most
privileged exchanges with subordinates and world leaders as well as
the tactical record of how Reagan fought to win the Cold War and
control nuclear weapons.
The most revelatory of these documents are the minutes of
Reagan-chaired National Security Council meetings, the dozens of
secret letters sent by Reagan to world leaders, and the eyewitness
notes from Reagan-Gorbachev summits. Along with these findings, the
authors use Reagan's speeches, radio addresses, personal diaries,
and other correspondence to develop a striking picture of a man
whose incisive intelligence, uncanny instincts, and quiet
self-confidence changed the course of history.
What emerges from this treasure trove of material is irrefutable
evidence that Reagan intended from his first days in office to
bring down the Soviet Union, that he considered eliminating nuclear
weapons his paramount objective, and that he--not his
subordinates--was the principal architect of the policies that
ultimately brought the Soviets to the nuclear-arms negotiating
table. The authors also affirm that many of Reagan's ideas,
including his controversial "Star Wars" missile-defense initiative,
proved essential in dissolving the Soviet Union and keeping America
safe.
Riveting and eye-opening, "Reagan's Secret War" provides a
front-row seat to history, a journey into the political mind of a
remarkable leader, and proof that one man can, through the force of
his deep convictions, bring about sweeping global change.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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