The Impact of Personality on the End of the Cold War: A Counterfactual Analysis |
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| Authors: | Fred I Greenstein |
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| Institution: | Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University |
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| Abstract: | The end of the Cold War is examined with respect to the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and their respective foreign secretaries. This discussion yields an approach to the systematic examination of counterfactual questions about the impact of political actors on historical outcomes. |
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| Keywords: | Personality leaders Cold War counterfactuals |
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