Peace Through Strength: How Reagan's Military Buildup Won the Cold War

The definitive book on the Reagan-era defense buildup, written by a Washington insider.

In Peace Through Strength, Zakheim examines the largest peacetime military buildup and how it helped defeat the Soviet Union and bring the Cold War to an end. Drawing from President Reagan’s own words, firsthand accounts from Washington insiders, and archival research, the book explores how sustained military investment, allied confidence, and strategic clarity altered Soviet behavior and restored US cred...