An impossible dream : Reagan, Gorbachev, and a world without the bomb

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When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sat down in Reykjavik in 1986, George Shultz, the American secretary of state at the time, said that it was "the poker game with the highest stakes ever played." It was the last time the world had a chance to do away entirely with nuclear weapons. This is the behind-the-scenes story of this remarkable summit conference in the remote Icelandic capital. An Impossible Dream is the first exploration of recentl...

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Arms race Soviet Union

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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022

Nuclear disarmament Soviet Union History

Nuclear disarmament United States History

Reagan, Ronald

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

Summit meetings Iceland Reykjavík

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ISBN:

9781643130842
1643130846

Edition:

First Pegasus Books edition

Description:

304 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Reagan-Gorbatchev English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-293) and index
Translated from the French

Control Number:

2750649

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