THE LAST SUPERPOWER SUMMITS
Svetlana Savranskaya, Thomas S. Blanton THE LAST SUPERPOWER SUMMITS Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush Conversations that Ended the Cold War This book publishes for the first time in print every word the American and Soviet leaders – Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and George H.W. Bush – said to each other in their superpower summits from 1985 to 1991. Obtained by the authors through the Freedom of Information Act in the U.S., from the...
The Triumph of Improvisation
James Graham Wilson The Triumph of Improvisation Gorbachev’s Adaptability, Reagan’s Engagement, and the End of the Cold War In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation,...
