Summits : six meetings that shaped the twentieth century / David Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics.

Summit meetings--History--20th century.

Summit meetings.

Diplomacy--History--20th century.

Diplomacy.

History, Modern--20th century.

History, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cold War dominated world history for nearly half a century, locking two superpowers in a global rivalry that only ended with the Soviet collapse. The most decisive moments of twentieth-century diplomacy occurred when world leaders met face to face?from the mishandled summit in Munich, 1938, which brought on the Second World War, to Ronald Reagan's remarkable chemistry with Mikhail Gorbachev at Geneva in 1985. In Summits, eminent diplomatic historian David Reynolds takes us alongside the statesmen who stood, if only briefly, on top of the world, offering valuable lessons as we find our

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 TOWARD THE SUMMIT: From Babylon to Versailles; 2 MUNICH 1938: Chamberlain and Hitler; 3 YALTA 1945: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin; 4 VIENNA 1961: Kennedy and Khrushchev; 5 MOSCOW 1972: Brezhnev and Nixon; 6 CAMP DAVID 1978: Begin, Carter and Sadat; 7 GENEVA 1985: Gorbachev and Reagan; 8 SUMMITRY AS A WAY OF LIFE: From the G7 to Bush and Blair; SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46043-9

9786612460432

0-7867-4458-8

OCLC:

646810103