Drawing on interviews with Reagan administration officials, journalists, historians, and eyewitnesses, the author focuses on Ronald Reagan's June 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate and his historic challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
year: 2009
call number/section: 973.92
subjects: reagan, ronald, gorbachev, mikhail sergeevich, 1931-, berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989, cold war, united states, foreign relations, soviet union, russia, 1917-1991, soviet union, united states, american speeches, history, russia
Editions
Ratnesar, Romesh
Simon & Schuster (2009)
Drawing on interviews with Reagan administration officials, journalists, historians, and eyewitnesses, the author focuses on Ronald Reagan's June 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate and his historic challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
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Ratnesar, Romesh
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.
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