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Author:

Reynolds, David, 1952-

Title:

Summits : six meetings that shaped the twentieth century / David Reynolds.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xi, 544 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World politics--20th century.
Summit meetings--History--20th century.
Diplomacy--History--20th century.
History, Modern--20th century.
Diplomacy--History.
World politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Toward the summit : from Babylon to Versailles -- Munich 1938 : Chamberlain and Hitler -- Yalta 1945 : Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin -- Vienna 1961 : Kennedy and Khrushchev -- Moscow 1972 : Brezhnev and Nixon -- Camp David 1978 : Begin, Carter and Sadat -- Geneva 1985 : Gorbachev and Reagan -- Summitry as a way of life : from the G7 to Bush and Blair.

Summary:

Recounts six summits which had a significant political impact during the twentieth century, including the Yalta summit in 1945 with Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, and the Geneva summit in 1985 with Gorbachev and Reagan.

ISBN:

0465069045
9780465069040

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

WUPB305 -- Arnolds Park Public Library (Arnolds Park)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)