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03520aam a2200469 i 4500 001 CDCDDD6200A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170304010220 008 160812t20162016hu af b 001 0deng 010 $a 2016029655 020 $a 9633861691 020 $a 9789633861691 035 $a (OCoLC)953440691 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d TJC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- $a e-ur--- 050 00 $a E183.8 S65 L38 2016 245 04 $a The last superpower summits : $b Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush : conversations that ended the Cold War / $c [edited by] Svetlana Savranskaya and Tom Blanton ; editorial assistant, Anna Melyakova. 264 1 $a Budapest ; $b Central European University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a xxxiv, 1013 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a National Security Archive Cold War readers 520 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Main 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. 600 10 $a Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, $d 1931- 600 10 $a Reagan, Ronald. 600 10 $a Bush, George, $d 1924- 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Soviet Union $v Sources. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Foreign relations $z United States $v Sources. 650 0 $a Cold War $x Diplomatic history $v Sources. 650 0 $a Summit meetings $x History $y 20th century $v Sources. 650 0 $a Great powers $x History $y 20th century $v Sources. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1981-1989 $v Sources. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1989-1993 $v Sources. 700 1 $a Savranskaya, Svetlana, $e editor. 700 1 $a Blanton, Thomas S., $e editor. 776 08 $i Online version: $t Last superpower summits $d Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2016 $z 9789633861714 830 0 $a National Security Archive Cold War readers. $x 1587-2416 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170405035452.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CDCDDD6200A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search