The Cold War's Last Battlefield -- Contents -- Preface: Why a Book on Central America? -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Ronald Reagan Issues a Warning -- 1. What Reagan Faced -- 2. Infighting: Wars Over U.S. Foreign Policy -- 3. Opening Moves: The "Final Offensive," 1981 -- 4. Making Enemies in Nicaragua,1979-1982 -- 5. The Wars Escalate, 1982-1983 -- 6. The End of the Brezhnev Doctrine, 1983 -- 7. Muddying (and Mining) the Waters ,1984-1985 -- 8. The War at Home,1981-1986 -- 9. The Iran-Contra Scandal,1986-1987 -- 10. Another Year, Another Peace Plan,1987 -- 11. Endgame -- 12. Reagan's Legacy -- Epilogue: Central America and the War on Terror -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.