LEADER 03667nam 2200601 450 001 9910495901603321 005 20181212191056.0 010 $a963-386-171-3 035 $a(CKB)4340000000019498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4759537 035 $a(OCoLC)966768163 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53157 035 $a(DE-B1597)633574 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633861714 035 $a(PPN)230683010 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000019498 100 $a20160812d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe last superpower summits $eGorbachev, Reagan, and Bush : conversations that ended the Cold War /$f[edited by] Svetlana Savranskaya and Tom Blanton ; editorial assistant, Anna Melyakova 210 1$aBudapest ;$aNew York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (1,082 pages) 225 1 $aNational Security Archive Cold War readers,$x1587-2416 311 $a963-386-169-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMain 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. 330 2 $a"This book presents and interprets the archival records pertaining to the last meetings between Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush between 1985 and 1990, and the transcripts which include direct quotes by top leaders, as far as the interpreters and the notetakers managed to capture them. Important sources are the excerpts from the transcripts of the foreign ministers--Eduard Shevardnadze, Alexander Bessmertnykh, George Shultz, and James Baker--especially when they go face to face with the president or the general secretary. The summit conversations fueled a process of learning on both sides. Geneva 1985 and Reykjavik 1986 reduced Moscow's sense of threat and unleashed Reagan's inner abolitionist. Malta 1989 and Washington 1990 helped dampen any superpower sparks that might have flown in a time of revolutionary change in Europe, set off by Gorbachev and by Eastern Europeans (Solidarity, dissidents, reform communists). The high level and scope of the dialogue between these world leaders was unprecedented and appears to be largely missing in today's world"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aNational Security Archive Cold War readers. 606 $aCold War$xDiplomatic history$vSources 606 $aSummit meetings$xHistory$y20th century$vSources 606 $aGreat powers$xHistory$y20th century$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union$vSources 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1981-1989$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-1993$vSources 610 $aCold War, Diplomatic history, Foreign relations, History, Sources, Soviet Union, United States. 615 0$aCold War$xDiplomatic history 615 0$aSummit meetings$xHistory 615 0$aGreat powers$xHistory 676 $a327.73047084 702 $aSavranskaya$b Svetlana 702 $aBlanton$b Thomas S. 702 $aMelyakova$b Anna 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495901603321 996 $aThe last superpower summits$92800761 997 $aUNINA