Reagan and GorbachevExamines the political developments and events that led up to the Geneva meeting of 1985 and assesses the pressures on the two leaders as they approach a new summit meeting |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis short, lucid volume offers a good overview of American policy toward the Soviet Union between 1981 and the 1986 Reykjavik Summit. Given the frequent changes in Soviet leadership and the authors ... Read full review
Contents
The Two Leaders | 3 |
The Reagan | 27 |
The Gorbachev Agenda | 67 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Reagan and Gorbachev Vintage international A Council on Foreign Relations book |
| Authors | Michael Mandelbaum, Strobe Talbott |
| Contributor | Strobe Talbott |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 17, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394747216, 9780394747217 |
| Length | 190 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Political Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich Political Science / General Political Science / International Relations / General Reagan, Ronald Soviet Union Soviet Union - Foreign relations - United States United States United States - Foreign relations - Soviet Union |
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