Frontmatter — Contents — Abbreviations — Introduction — I. Domestic and International Setting — Toward a Reconstruction of American Strength: A New Era in the Claim to Global Leadership? — Political Culture and the Reagan Administration — Reconstruction of Economic Strength? The (Foreign) Economic Policy of the Reagan Administration — II. Agenda Setting — Ronald Reagan and his Rhetoric in Foreign Policy — Security Policy and the Opponents of Détente — Moral Containment of Military Challenge: The Reagan Administration and the Soviet Union — III. Decision-Making — Military Buildup Without a Strategy: The Defense Policy of the Reagan Administration and the Response by Congress — Decision in March: The Genesis of the “Star Wars” Speech and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SD) — The Reagan Administration’s Policy on Technology Controls: The Conflict of Economic Interests and Security Principles — The Lost Opportunity of the “Walk in the Woods: Motives and Calculations of U.S. Decision Makers — Farewell to SALT II — IV. Case Studies — The Impact of the War Powers Resolution on Crisis Decision Making — The Reagan Administration’s Strategic Arms Control Policy: The Meaning of “Deep Cuts” — U.S. Policy in COCOM — The Collapse of “Constructive Engagement”: U.S. Foreign Policy in Southern Africa — V. Conclusion — Reconstruction of American Strength? — Bibliography — Authors — Backmatter