Contents

AUTHOR'S NO

ONE The American Everyman

TWO The Making of an Orator

THREE Doubling the Volume

FOUR Space Defense Enthusiasts

FIVE To the Star Wars Speech

SIX Selling the Strategic Defense Initiative

SEVEN Hard-Liners vs. Pragmatists

EIGHT What Happened at Reykjavik?

NINE Falling Stars

TEN Reagan and Gorbachev

ELEVEN The End of the Cold War

AFTERWORD National Missile Defenses, 1989-99

GLOSSARY

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX