6. The Perils of Failed Diplomacy: 1983 and the Year of Living Dangerously

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction: Grassroots Diplomacy 1
5. 1. The Lost Years: The Peace Movement, from Vietnam to Nuclear Freeze 15
6. 2. Igniting a Movement: The Reagan Administration’s War on Peace 44
7. 3. From the Streets to the Pulpit: The Catholic Challenge to the Arms Race 70
8. 4. With Friends Like These: Congress and the Nuclear Freeze Debate 97
9. 5. Envisioning the Day After: Fear of the Bomb in 1980s Political and Popular Culture 127
10. 6. The Perils of Failed Diplomacy: 1983 and the Year of Living Dangerously 154
11. 7. Seizing the Peace: The Nuclear Freeze Movement and the 1984 Election 182
12. Epilogue: Bedtime for the Bomb 209
13. Acknowledgments 223
14. Notes 227
15. Bibliography 265
16. Index 277