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THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S SECRET STRATEGY THAT HASTENED THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION $22 Victorytells the story of a secret U.S. strategy developed in the Reagan White House in early 1982 that hastened the demise of the Soviet Union. In this explosive book, Peter Schweizer provides the riveting details of how the Reagan administration undermined the Soviet economy and its dwindling resource base while subverting the Kremlin's hold on its global empire. Using secret diplomacy, the administration dramatically reduced Soviet income while at the same time driving Moscow to expend an increasing amount of precious assets. On another level, the administration provided covert aid to indigenous forces in Poland andAfghanistan to roll back Soviet power. The development and execution of these policies was limited to a few members of the Reagan inner circle. Based on exclusive interviews with key participants, including Caspar Weinberger, George Shultz, John Poindexter, Robert McFar- lane, William Clark, and others, Victorychronicles the drama as it unfolded. From the secret trips of CIA director Bill Casey to National Security Council plans to damage the Soviet economy, the complete American strategy is revealed for the first time. Interviews with senior Soviet officials from the KGB, Politburo, and Communist Party Central Committee offer Kremlin perspec- tives on these American initiatives, and secret government docu- ments—both Soviet and American—offer a conclusive paper trail onthisworld-turning period. Forthefirsttime, read aboutthe plan from several top-secret National Security Decision Directives (NSDDs) signed by President Reagan early in hisadministration: •NSDD-32, which stated that it was U.S. policy to "neutralize" Soviet power in Eastern Europe (continuedonbackflap) Victory ALSO BY PETER SCHWEIZER Friendly Spies: How Americas Allies Are Using Economic Espionage to Steal Our Secrets Victory The Reagan Administration's Secret Strategy That Hastened the Collapse of the Soviet Union Peter Schweizer A THEATLANTICMONTHLYPRESS NEWYORK Copyright © 1994 by Peter Schweizer All rights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote briefpassages in a review. Published simultaneously in Canada Printed in the United States ofAmerica FIRST EDITION ISBN 0-871I3-567-I Library ofCongress Catalog Card Number 94-70867 Design by Laura Hough The Atlantic Monthly Press 841 Broadway New York, NY 10003 987654321 10
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