Freeze! : the grassroots movement to halt the arms race and end the Cold War / Henry Richard Maar III.

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"In the late Cold War, a peace movement emerged with a specific goal: bilaterally freeze the burgeoning arms race. The Nuclear Freeze movement soon swelled across American society, pressuring the administration of Ronald Reagan to reverse the arms race or continue to face a growing backlash with pot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maar, Henry Richard, III (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald.
Antinuclear movement > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear arms control > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States.
Cold War.
United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
Antinuclear movement.
Diplomatic relations.
Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Soviet Union.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Grassroots movement to halt the arms race and end the Cold War
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : The Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign and the Influence of Public Opinion on Foreign Policy
  • The Lost Years : The Peace Movement, from Vietnam to Nuclear Freeze
  • Igniting a Movement: The Reagan Administration's War on Peace
  • From the Streets to the Pulpit : The Catholic Challenge to the Arms Race
  • With Friends Like These : The Nuclear Freeze and the Congress
  • Envisioning the Day After : Fear of the Bomb in 1980's Political and Popular Culture
  • The Perils of Failed Diplomacy : 1983 and the Year of Living Dangerously
  • Seizing the Peace : The Nuclear Freeze Movement and the 1984 Election
  • Epilogue : Bedtime for the Bomb.