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.
Savranskaya, Svetlana, editor.; Blanton, Thomas S., editor.; Melyakova, Anna, editorial assistant.
2016
E183.8.S65 L38 2016
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title 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.
ISBN 9789633861691
9789633861714
Published Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (1,082 pages).
Call Number E183.8.S65 L38 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.73047084
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Savranskaya, Svetlana, editor.
Blanton, Thomas S., editor.
Melyakova, Anna, editorial assistant.
Series National Security Archive Cold War readers.
Available in Other Form Last superpower summits : Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush : conversations that ended the Cold War.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
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.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export