Did Ronald Reagan and his policies engineer the defeat of international communism, the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the elimination of decades of nuclear confrontation? Or, did the Reagan presidency simply benefit from decades of bipartisan military, economics, and political opposition to Soviet policies? Both positions are explored by such officials as Kirkpatrick, Meese, and Kemp, and by leading scholars of the era such as Ambrose, Graff, and Greenstein. In addition, they explore the invasion of Grenada, the air strike against Tripoli, the interventions in Central America, the struggle for Star Wars, and the accumulation of almost a $3 trillion debt from military expansion and weapons development. All students of the era as well as diplomatic historians and international affairs specialists will find provocative and insightful observations in this volume.

ERIC J. SCHMERTZ is Edward F. Carlough Distinguished Professor of Law at the Hofstra University School of Law.
NATALIE DATLOF is Director of Liaison and Creative Development, Hofstra University Cultural Center.
ALEXEJ UGRINSKY is Director of Documentation, Finance and Planning, Hofstra University Cultural Center.

Preface by Eric J. Schmertz
International Perspectives
Foreign Policy
Reagan's Foreign Policy: An Overview by Stephen A. Ambrose
Ronald Reagan and the United Nations: His Policies and His Representation by Seymour Maxwell Finger
Reagan and America's Democratic Mission by Whittle Johnston
The Middle East
The Reagan Plan: A Victim of Conflicting Approaches by the United States and Israel to the Syrian Presence in Lebanon by Samuel Segev
The Soviet Union
United States and Soviet Relations: Reagan's Real Role in Winning the Cold War by Kenneth L. Adelman
Ronald Reagan and the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty: Whatever Happened to the "Evil Empire?" by Betty Glad and Jean Garrison
Ronald Reagan and the Illusion of Victory in the Cold War by John E. Ullmann
International Terrorism
Some Perspectives on International Terrorism and the Reagan Presidency: Threats and Responses by Yonah Alexander
Dealing with Terrorism: The Reagan Record by Michael M. Gunter
Defense Policy and Arms Control
The Military Buildup by Dov S. Zakheim
Defense, Budget Policy, and the Reagan Deficits by Dennis S. Ippolito
The Privatization of Power: National Security Policy Entrepreneurs and Arms Control in the Reagan Administration by John Prados
Iran-Contra
Open Legal Questions Remaining after Iran-Contra by Eric M. Freedman
Iran-Contra: Circumvention in Historical Perspective by Andrew S. Merrifield
The President and National Security: Ronald Reagan's Attempt to Aid the Contras by David Mervin
Ronald Reagan and Iran-Contra: The Consequences of Breaking Campaign Promises by Frank J. Smist, Jr. and John P. Meiers
Domestic and International Economic Policy
Profits without Growth: Privatizing the U.S. Economy in the 1980s by M. Mark Amen
The International Trade Policies of President Ronald Reagan by William H. Lash III
Macroeconomics and President Reagan: Victory over Inflation by David J. Smyth, Pami Dua, and Susan Washburn Taylor
Latin America
U.S.-Cuba Relations during the Reagan Administration by Antonio R. de la Cova
Latin America: Was There a "Kirkpatrick Doctrine?" by Mark Falcoff
Assessments
Promises Made--Promises Kept by Maureen Reagan
The Man Who Changed the World by Jean J. Kirkpatrick
The Reagan Revolution in Historical Perspective Jack F. Kemp
Presidential Historians and Biographers Assess the Reagan Presidency
Hofstra University High School Colloquium
Index