Gorbachev and Reagan : The Last Superpower Summits : Conversations That Ended the Cold War / edited by Svetlana Savranskaya and Thomas Blanton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Savranskaya, Svetlana, editor.

Blanton, Thomas S., editor.

Series:

National Security Archive Cold War readers.

National Security Archive Cold War Reader Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.

Reagan, Ronald.

Cold War--Diplomatic history--Sources.

Cold War.

Summit meetings--History--20th century--Sources.

Summit meetings.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union--Sources.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (534 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary : Central European University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This book is the culmination of twenty years of research in which the editors gathered thousands of pages documenting the most important conversations of the late Cold War. Every word Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev said to each other in their five superpower summits from 1985 to 1988 is included in this volume. The editors argue in their contextual essays and detailed notes that these summits fueled a learning process on both sides of the Cold War. Their anthology provides insight into the nuanced shifts of monumentally important discussions, showing how Moscow's sense of threat was eased and how a hawkish Reagan softened his tone in negotiations during his second presidential term. Documents from foreign ministers Eduard Shevardnadze and George Shultz offer a particularly intriguing look into the handful of conversations that ended almost half a century of conflict. These verbatim transcripts, until now top secret, are combined with fascinating photos and crucial information from declassified preparatory and after-action documents from both the Americans and Soviets, obtained in the US through the Freedom of Information Act and in Russia from the Gorbachev Foundation, the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow, and from the personal files of Anatoly Chernyaev, Gorbachev's foreign policy adviser"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgment

Main Actors

Chronology of Events

Chapter 1. THE GENEVA SUMMIT, 1985

Chapter 2. THE REYKJAVIK SUMMIT, 1986

Chapter 3. THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT, 1987

Chapter 4. THE MOSCOW SUMMIT, 1988

Chapter 5. THE GOVERNORS ISLAND SUMMIT, 1988

Selected Bibliography

INDEX

The Geneva Summit 1985

The Reykjavik Summit 1986

The Washington Summit 1987

The Moscow Summit 1988

The Governors Island Summit 1988

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-71992-9

963-386-346-5

9781003719922

OCLC:

1344155336