From the Shadows: the ultimate insider's story of five Presidents and how they won the Cold War

From the Shadows / Robert M. Gates......Page 0.djvu
ISBN 0684834979 ......Page 2.djvu
Acknowledgments......Page 3.djvu
dedication......Page 5.djvu
C O N T E N T S......Page 7.djvu
- photographs -......Page 9.djvu
INTRODUCTION......Page 15.djvu
PART ONE 1969-1974: DETENTE - THE YEARS OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS......Page 25.djvu
1. Washington and Moscow: 1969......Page 27.djvu
Nixon and CIA......Page 30.djvu
Moscow\'s problems......Page 35.djvu
Moscow\'s other headaches......Page 37.djvu
2. So This Was `Détente’......Page 39.djvu
the Soviet military buildup......Page 41.djvu
a little good news......Page 44.djvu
Détente: the balance sheet......Page 47.djvu
PART TWO 1975-1980: THE MASK OF SOVIET ASCENDANCY......Page 51.djvu
to the White House......Page 53.djvu
Congress takes on the Presidency......Page 56.djvu
target: CIA......Page 58.djvu
Vietnam......Page 64.djvu
Angola......Page 65.djvu
Carter and company......Page 69.djvu
Ethiopia......Page 73.djvu
Summer 1978: intelligence pushes policy......Page 74.djvu
South Yemen, Rhodesia, and Libya......Page 76.djvu
Cuba: surrogate in chief......Page 78.djvu
again the Chinese......Page 80.djvu
the Middle East: advantage United States......Page 82.djvu
the “Third World” war......Page 83.djvu
the Helsinki Accords: a basket of trouble......Page 85.djvu
Carter and Human Rights: did it matter?......Page 89.djvu
the Moscow unidentified technical signal (MUTS)......Page 97.djvu
dissidents, spies, and newsmen......Page 99.djvu
7. Defense and Arms Control: Advantage USSR......Page 105.djvu
the Soviet military juggernaut: our \"window of vulnerability\"......Page 106.djvu
Carter and defense: perception and reality......Page 108.djvu
Carter and SALT II: the best of intentions......Page 115.djvu
8. 1979: Cold War, Hot War—East War, West War......Page 118.djvu
China invades Vietnam: a Carter go-ahead ?......Page 119.djvu
Cuba......Page 123.djvu
Grenada......Page 125.djvu
Nicaragua......Page 126.djvu
Iran......Page 128.djvu
Afghanistan......Page 131.djvu
CIA under Stansfield Turner......Page 135.djvu
Afghanistan......Page 143.djvu
the Arabian peninsula......Page 149.djvu
Central America......Page 150.djvu
Iran: rescuing hostages......Page 153.djvu
fiasco: the Soviet brigade in Cuba......Page 155.djvu
Poland......Page 161.djvu
10. The Mask of Soviet Ascendancy, the Reality of Vulnerability 170......Page 170.djvu
malaise: West and East......Page 172.djvu
reevaluating Carter......Page 176.djvu
PART THREE 1981-1986: THE RESURGENCE OF THE WEST......Page 181.djvu
new leadership in the west 183......Page 183.djvu
Moscow: approaching twilight......Page 184.djvu
advent in Washington 190......Page 190.djvu
economic pressure......Page 194.djvu
military pressure......Page 195.djvu
challenging the Soviets in the Third World......Page 197.djvu
12. Reagan’s Sword: Casey at CIA......Page 198.djvu
Casey, Donovan, and the OSS: how to wage war......Page 199.djvu
Casey and CIA\'s analysts: two different worlds......Page 200.djvu
Casey and the DO: frustration and trouble......Page 208.djvu
Casey, the Congress, and the press: a case of contempt......Page 213.djvu
a true original......Page 215.djvu
Casey, Reagan, and the CIA team......Page 218.djvu
Poland: Workers\' Union vs. \"Workers\' Party\"......Page 226.djvu
the attempt to assassinate the Pope......Page 239.djvu
Central America: into the big muddy......Page 242.djvu
Casey and the Third World......Page 249.djvu
Afghanistan: a slow start......Page 251.djvu
Libya: a burr under the saddle......Page 253.djvu
Cambodia: taking on another surrogate......Page 255.djvu
turning the tables......Page 256.djvu
14. 1983: The Most Dangerous Year......Page 258.djvu
the deployment of INF: bet, raise, and call......Page 259.djvu
Star Wars: American skepticism, Soviet nightmare......Page 262.djvu
\"the target is destroyed\": KAL-007......Page 266.djvu
\"Able Archer\"......Page 270.djvu
aggravations......Page 274.djvu
the night of fear......Page 276.djvu
15. The War in Washington, 1983: Shultz Against thc Field......Page 278.djvu
U.S.-Soviet relations: the Shultz alternative......Page 280.djvu
the opposition......Page 283.djvu
Shultz, Casey, and intelligence......Page 286.djvu
U.S.-Soviet relations: Reagan tilts to Shultz......Page 288.djvu
whither the USSR: Shultz vs. CIA and me (round one)......Page 289.djvu
Reagan and Shultz: a meeting of minds......Page 292.djvu
a house divided......Page 293.djvu
Congress balks......Page 297.djvu
How do you sell what people don\'t want to buy?......Page 301.djvu
distrusting diplomacy......Page 302.djvu
CIA and the Salvadoran death squads......Page 304.djvu
mining the harbors: a study in bureaucratic suicide......Page 306.djvu
the \"Murder Manual\"......Page 310.djvu
funding the Contras: operating at the edge......Page 311.djvu
1985: Do something !......Page 313.djvu
Casey, CIA, and Central America......Page 314.djvu
17. Passages: Last Gasp of the Soviet Old Guard......Page 317.djvu
1984: a year of confusion......Page 318.djvu
the Third World: Reagan and Casey turn up the heat......Page 319.djvu
the year of Shultz and Gromyko......Page 322.djvu
CIA and the gorbachev ascension......Page 327.djvu
CIA’s view of Gorbachev’s agenda......Page 330.djvu
Washington takes Gorbachev\'s measure......Page 334.djvu
the Soviet military juggernaut rolls on......Page 335.djvu
Gorbachev & the 3rd World: good money after bad......Page 336.djvu
the secret Soviet terror campaign......Page 338.djvu
Soviet perceptions fo the U.S. no better......Page 339.djvu
at long last, change: straws in the wind......Page 340.djvu
the road to Geneva......Page 341.djvu
Angola: a congressional change of heart......Page 346.djvu
Afghanistan: the magic amulet......Page 348.djvu
obsession: terrorism and Qaddafi......Page 351.djvu
terrorism: Soviets and the Pope......Page 354.djvu
CIA and KGB black ops: \"campaign tricks\"......Page 357.djvu
overt intelligence operations......Page 359.djvu
\"hostile presence\"......Page 360.djvu
spies: they are everywhere......Page 361.djvu
kidnappings and spy dust......Page 368.djvu
intelligence wars: the U.S. Senate......Page 369.djvu
PART FOUR 1986-1991: LIBERATION AND HISTORY’S DUSTBIN......Page 373.djvu
21. Gorbachev’s Uncertain Trumpet, 1986-1987......Page 375.djvu
a big move up......Page 378.djvu
mixed signals......Page 380.djvu
Gorbachev at home: contradictions......Page 382.djvu
and what did the CIA think?......Page 385.djvu
slouching toward Chaos......Page 388.djvu
22. Diversions......Page 390.djvu
the Contra time bomb......Page 391.djvu
the Iran time bomb......Page 395.djvu
Casey’s role in Iran-Contra......Page 400.djvu
the road to Reykjavjk......Page 404.djvu
distraction......Page 405.djvu
Reykjavik: hit or miss?......Page 407.djvu
Casey\'s last months: tragedy and White House politics......Page 409.djvu
trial by fire: a date with the Senate......Page 415.djvu
from the jaws of disaster......Page 420.djvu
on to Washington......Page 421.djvu
Washinton summit: a spy summit, too......Page 424.djvu
24. Ending the \"Third World” War......Page 427.djvu
Afghanistan: to the termez bridge......Page 428.djvu
Angola: a win for U.S. diplomacy......Page 433.djvu
Nicaragua: from the jaws of defeat......Page 434.djvu
a parting thought......Page 436.djvu
Gorbachev bites the hand that fed him......Page 438.djvu
Gorbachev and economic reform: a timid communist......Page 441.djvu
the debate in Washinton over Gorbachev and reform......Page 443.djvu
the reluctant revolutionary......Page 447.djvu
Eastern Europe: foreshadowings......Page 449.djvu
CIA and Eastern Europe......Page 450.djvu
transitions......Page 451.djvu
jumping on a moving roller coaster......Page 459.djvu
getting Soviet troops out of Eastern Europe......Page 461.djvu
nine months that remade the world......Page 464.djvu
bush, gorbachev, and eastern europe......Page 470.djvu
27. Together at Last: Bush and Gorbachev......Page 472.djvu
factions......Page 473.djvu
personal connections......Page 475.djvu
\"innocents abroad\": a spy in Moscow......Page 476.djvu
roadshow: the Soviets see Wyoming......Page 478.djvu
another speech problem......Page 480.djvu
Malta......Page 481.djvu
by faith alone: the reunification of Germany......Page 483.djvu
hedging our bets in Moscow......Page 495.djvu
the last dance together: the Gulf War......Page 497.djvu
game\'s end......Page 500.djvu
blindness......Page 508.djvu
Armenia and Azerbaijan......Page 509.djvu
Georgia’s turn......Page 511.djvu
the Baltics: little David shatters an empire......Page 512.djvu
imperial meltdown......Page 515.djvu
Washington’s role......Page 525.djvu
29. A joyless Victory......Page 532.djvu
why the Soviets lost......Page 533.djvu
in victory—debate......Page 540.djvu
Reflections......Page 553.djvu
Gorbachev......Page 554.djvu
how to deal with Moscow......Page 555.djvu
continuity and bipartisanship, quietly kept......Page 556.djvu
the role of Congress: good, bad, and ugly......Page 558.djvu
CIA......Page 559.djvu
Presidents and CIA......Page 566.djvu
NOTES......Page 577.djvu
INDEX......Page 581.djvu