The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War

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November 8-10: Soviet general secretary Leonid Brezhnev dies and is succeeded by Yuril Andropov.

March 8: Reagan, speaking to the National Association of Evangelicals, denounces the Soviet Union as an “evil empire”.

March 23: Regan announces Strategic Defense Initiative.

September 1: Soviet military shoots down South Korean commercial flight KAL 007, killing 269 passengers.

November 2-11: NATO forces conduct Able Archer 83, a military exercise testing chain-of-command procedures for nuclear weapons; CIA reports that Soviet officials feared it was the start of a surprise nuclear attack.

November 20: ABC television airs The Day After, dramatizing the impact of nuclear war on a single town in Kansas.

November 23: American Pershing II missiles are deployed in West Germany.

January 16-17: Reagan deliver speech calling for renewed dialogue with the Soviet Union and mentioning opportunities for peace. Regan meets a White House with Suzanne Massie and sends her to Moscow as intermediary seeking a new cultural agreement.

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