From the cold war to a new era : the United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1991

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From the cold war to a new era : the United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1991

Don Oberdorfer

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

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Originally published under the title: The Turn from the cold war to a new era : the United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1990 (Poseidon Press, c1991)

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

An updated edition of Don Oberdorfer's acclaimed book, The Turn First published in 1991 as The Turn, this is the gripping narrative history of the most important international development of our time-the passage of the United States and the Soviet Union from the Cold War to a new era. Don Oberdorfer makes the reader a privileged behind-the-scenes spectator as U.S. and Soviet leaders take each other's measure and slowly set about their historic task. Oberdorfer writes diplomatic history with a vital difference: extraordinary intimacy made possible by comprehensive interviews with major figures on both sides and exclusive material from a host of other sources. Now this widely praised book is available in a new, updated paperback edition that continues the narrative up to the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union. Replete with revealing portraits of historical personalities, as riveting as a spy thriller, this is an enthralling record of history in the making.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition Chapter 1. A Candle in the Cold Chapter 2. The Ebb Tide Chapter 3. The Chernenko Interlude Chapter 4. Gorbachev Takes Command Chapter 5. High Stakes at Reykjavik Chapter 6. To the Washington Summit Chapter 7. Reagan in Red Square Chapter 8. The Revolution of 1989 Chapter 9. A New Era Chapter 10. The End of the Soviet Union Afterword Acknowledgments Notes and Sources Index

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