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Maar's important examination of the freeze campaign highlights the challenges of that effort but also the ingredients that brought success to the movement: a clear mobilizing narrative, the development of creative grassroots strategies, and an appeal to moral values in partnership with the religious community.

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Arms Control Association

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Freeze! will appeal to readers interested in US antinuclear weapons activism and the evolution of the Reagan administration's arms control policies. Maar adds more details to the story of antinuclear activism in the 1980s and demonstrates that private citizens need not let policymakers make decisions about nuclear weapons without public input.

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American Historical Review

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Maar's Freeze! skillfully shows the interplay between activists, public opinion, and political leaders, and should put to rest the outdated notion that social movements cannot and do not influence foreign policy. The book is also well-written and eminently useful for college courses on nuclear weapons, foreign policy, and the 1980s.

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Peace & Change