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Reagan and Gorbachev : how the Cold War ended /

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Describes Ronald Reagan's policies towards the Soviet Union, the summit meetings between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and how the two leaders reached agreements on missile and troop reductions that eventually led to the end of the Cold War.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matlock, Jack F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, > 1931-
Summit meetings > Switzerland > Geneva.
Summit meetings > Iceland > Reykjavík.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1981-82: Reagan's challenge
  • 1981-82: Moscow's truculence
  • 1983: Summit hopes dashed
  • 1984: Reagan prepares; Moscow dawdles
  • 1985: Gorbachev in power
  • 1985: Enter Shevardnadze
  • 1985: Geneva: the first skirmish
  • 1986: Geneva recedes; complications mount
  • 1986: A crisis and a new proposal
  • 1986: Reykjavík: wrestlers in the ring
  • 1986: Reykjavík: recriminations
  • 1987: A common agenda
  • 1987: Gorbachev in Washington
  • 1988: Mr. Reagan goes to Moscow
  • 1988: The Cold War ends--in principle
  • What then?