Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War / Romesh Ratnesar.
2009
E877.2 .R38 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War / Romesh Ratnesar.
Author
Ratnesar, Romesh.
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
ISBN
9781416556909
1416556907
9781416556916 (pbk.)
1416556915 (pbk.)
1416556907
9781416556916 (pbk.)
1416556915 (pbk.)
Imprint
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Language
English
Description
229 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
E877.2 .R38 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.927092
Summary
Drawing on interviews with Reagan administration officials, journalists, historians, and eyewitnesses, the author focuses on Ronald Reagan's June 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate and his historic challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Better than a war
The last best hope
Ash heap of history
Fireside talks
The dinner party
"A missed opportunity"
The wall must go
The sign of the cross
Mikhail and Ron
"That magic line"
Appendix : Remarks on East-West relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin.
The last best hope
Ash heap of history
Fireside talks
The dinner party
"A missed opportunity"
The wall must go
The sign of the cross
Mikhail and Ron
"That magic line"
Appendix : Remarks on East-West relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin.