gorbachev, mikhail sergeevich

Examines how Ronald Reagan's June 12, 1987, speech in West Berlin helped end the Cold War, describing the events leading up to the speech as well as its aftermath and lasting impact on world power.

"The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 remains one of the most significant and controversial events of the last fifty years. The Soviet Union's breakup has been attributed to many different factors, from the costly war in Afghanistan to the Cold War arms race with the United States. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format supported by relevant facts, quotes, and anecdotes this book examines controversial issues stemming from historic events"--Amazon.

"Recounts the events of Reagan's historic, three-day 1988 Moscow Summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, examining the importance of Reagan's speech at Moscow State University that offered a new vision of the future to the Soviet people"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of the leader of the Soviet Union assessing his likely policies and priorities in the coming years.

This book looks at the transformation of politics throughout the world as new military and economic alliances were established after the Soviet Unions breakup.

The breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of optimism around the world, but Russia today is actively involved in subversive information warfare, manipulating the media to destabilize its enemies. How did a country that embraced freedom and market reform 25 years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with America? A winner of the Orwell Prize, The Invention of Russia reaches back to the darkest days of the cold war to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled counter revolution.

A personal and political memoir in which the author, principal English interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev and his foreign minister ?duard Shevardnadze, reveals his experiences as an eyewitness to the U.S.-Soviet summit talks that led to the end of the Cold War.

The author, ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Reagan administration, shares his memories of the diplomatic negotiations and personal relationship between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that led to the end of the Cold War.

Former soccer star Lyza, her lover Boat, special investigator Palchikov, poet Antonina Korzinkina, and Yevtushenko himself work to keep Russia's fragile democracy alive in the face of the efforts of hard-line Communists to destroy it. Includes the historical figures of Gorbachev, Shevardnadze, and Yeltsin among the cast of characters.

The 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland was the turning point of the Cold War. Initially planned as a short gathering to outline future talks, the meeting quickly turned to major international issues including SDI (Star Wars) and the possibility of eliminating all nuclear weapons. Both men were at the height of their powers and this move toward peace laid the groundwork for the most sweeping arms accord in history, adopted in 1987, and the end of the Soviet Union five years later. In one weekend the world was changed.