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The last superpower summits : Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush : conversations that ended the Cold War / [edited by] Svetlana Savranskaya and Tom Blanton ; editorial assistant, Anna Melyakova.
LIBRA E183.8.S65 L38 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- National Security Archive Cold War readers 1587-2416
- National Security Archive Cold War readers, 1587-2416
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.
- Reagan, Ronald.
- Bush, George, 1924-2018.
- Bush, George.
- International relations.
- Great powers.
- History.
- Summit meetings.
- Diplomatic history.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union--Sources.
- United States.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
- Cold War--Diplomatic history--Sources.
- Cold War.
- Summit meetings--History--20th century--Sources.
- Great powers--History--20th century--Sources.
- United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989--Sources.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-1993--Sources.
- Diplomacy.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 1013 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "This book presents and interprets the archival records pertaining to the last meetings between Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush between 1985 and 1990, and the transcripts which include direct quotes by top leaders, as far as the interpreters and the notetakers managed to capture them. Important sources are the excerpts from the transcripts of the foreign ministers--Eduard Shevardnadze, Alexander Bessmertnykh, George Shultz, and James Baker--especially when they go face to face with the president or the general secretary. The summit conversations fueled a process of learning on both sides. Geneva 1985 and Reykjavik 1986 reduced Moscow's sense of threat and unleashed Reagan's inner abolitionist. Malta 1989 and Washington 1990 helped dampen any superpower sparks that might have flown in a time of revolutionary change in Europe, set off by Gorbachev and by Eastern Europeans (Solidarity, dissidents, reform communists). The high level and scope of the dialogue between these world leaders was unprecedented and appears to be largely missing in today's world"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Main Actors
- Chronology of Events
- The Geneva Summit, 1985
- The Reykjavik Summit, 1986
- The Washington Summit, 1987
- The Moscow Summit, 1988
- The Governors Island Summit, 1988
- The Malta Summit, 1989
- The Washington and Camp David Summit, 1990
- The Helsinki Summit, Paris, and the War in the Gulf, 1990
- The Moscow Summit, 1991
- Epilogue: Madrid, 1991.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Last superpower summits
- ISBN:
- 9789633861691
- 9633861691
- OCLC:
- 953440691
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