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Title Gorbachev and Bush : the last superpower summits : conversations that ended the Cold War / [edited by] Svetlana Savranskaya and Thomas Blanton ; editorial assistant, Anna Melyakova.

Publication Info. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2020.
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series National Security Archive Cold War readers, 1587-2416
National Security Archive Cold War readers. 1587-2416
Contents Cover -- Front matter -- Series title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Main Actors -- Chronology of Events -- Chapter 1: THE MALTA SUMMIT, 1989 -- Chapter 2: THE WASHINGTON AND CAMP DAVID SUMMIT, 1990 -- Chapter 3: THE HELSINKI SUMMIT, PARIS, AND THE WARIN THE GULF, 1990 -- Chapter 4: THE MOSCOW SUMMIT, 1991 -- Chapter 5: MADRID, 1991 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Photo gallery -- Back cover
Summary This book presents and interprets archival records of the meetings between Mikhail Gorbachev and George W. Bush between 1989 and 1991, including transcripts of conversations between top leaders on the rapid and monumental events of the final days of the Cold War. Particularly effective interlocutors were the foreign ministers Eduard Shevardnadze and James Baker, especially interesting when they interacted directly with Bush or Gorbachev. The documents were obtained from the Gorbachev Foundation and the Russian State Archives and from the United States government through requests under the Freedom of Information Act. Taking place at a time of revolutionary change in Eastern Europe, stimulated in part by Gorbachev and by Eastern Europeans (the Solidarity movement, dissidents, reform communists), the Malta Summit of 1989 and subsequent meetings helped defuse any potential for superpower conflict. Each of the five summits is covered in a separate chapter, introduced by an essay that places the transcripts in historical context. The anthology offers a fascinating glimpse into the relationship that defined the last, waning years of the Cold War--a unique record of these historic, highest-level conversations that effectively brought it to a close. The quality and scope of the dialogue between these world leaders was unprecedented and is likely never to be repeated.
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Language In English.
Subject Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.
Bush, George, 1924-2018.
Bush, George, 1924-2018.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Sources.
United States.
International relations.
Soviet Union.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Sources.
Cold War -- Diplomatic history -- Sources.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Summit meetings -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Summit meetings.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Great powers -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Great powers.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993 -- Sources.
Chronological Term 1989-1993
Subject Diplomatic history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
Diplomacy.
Diplomatic relations.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term Cold War, Diplomatic history, Foreign relations, Late 20th century, Soviet Union, United States.
Genre/Form History.
Added Author Savranskaya, Svetlana, editor.
Blanton, Thomas S., editor.
Melyakova, Anna, editorial assistant.
Added Title Selections from (work): Last superpower summits.
Other Form: Print version: 9633863449 9789633863442 (OCoLC)1103690002
ISBN 9789633863459 (electronic book)
9633863457 (electronic book)
9633863449
9789633863442
Standard No. 10.1515/9789633863459