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