Download or read book The Reagan Revolution IV: From Victory to the New World Order written by Richard C. Thornton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Reagan's victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War and his defeat at the hands of his domestic political opponents, who sought accommodation with Moscow over victory. The book traces the climax of a two-decade-long struggle within the American establishment over strategy, known as the Iran-Contra scandal. As detailed in this volume, the scandal masked both the president's political defeat and the fundamental change that occurred in American national security strategy.