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Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ratnesar, Romesh
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2009]
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald > Oratory.
Reagan, Ronald > Political and social views.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American > Germany > Berlin.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, > 1931-
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
Cold War.
Description
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.
Physical Description:229 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781416556909
1416556907
9781439170052 (ebk.)
1439170053 (ebk.)
9781416556916 (pbk.)
1416556915 (pbk.)