LEADER 00000cam 2200277Ii 4500 001 903675822 003 OCoLC 005 20151111104401.0 008 150219s2015 nyuab 000 0 eng d 020 1610394992|q(trade) 020 9781610394994|q(trade) 035 (OCoLC)903675822 040 YDXCP|beng|erda|cYDXCP|dBDX|dBTCTA|dGK8|dOCLCQ|dFAYTV|dCDX |dTEF|dUtOrBLW 092 909.825|bSER 100 1 Service, Robert,|d1947-|eauthor. 245 14 The end of the Cold War 1985-1991 /|cRobert Service. 264 1 New York :|bPublic Affairs,|c2015. 300 xxii, 643 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 520 Drawing on new archival research, Robert Service’s gripping new investigation of the final years of the Cold War—the first to give equal attention to the internal deliberations from both sides of the Iron Curtain—opens a window onto the dramatic years that would irrevocably alter the world’s geopolitical landscape, and the men at their fore. The End of the Cold War captures the astonishing relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev, two exceptional politicians who cooperated against all odds during extraordinary times. Gorbachev made enormous contributions to reconciliation efforts by, for instance, pressing for maintaining support for rapprochement with the US within the Politburo and refusing to sanction military intervention when civil unrest swept the Baltic states in unprecedented numbers. US Secretary of State George Shultz was the first to call for negotiations with the USSR. And Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduard Shevardnedze too pressed for disarmament and other radical policies as the Soviet economy tumbled. Facing stern resistance from all fronts, against all odds, and working outside the public gaze, these men would engineer the nuclear arms treaties that marked the end of the Cold War. 650 0 Cold War. 650 0 World politics|y1985-1995.
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