Masterpieces of History The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe 1989 |
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| Editor:
| Savranskaya, Svetlana
Blanton, Thomas
Zubok, Vladislav |
| ISBN: | 978-963-9776-77-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | Central European University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $115.00USD $115.00USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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Twenty years in the making, this collection presents 122 top-level Soviet, European and American records on the superpowers' role in the annus mirabilis of 1989. Consisting of Politburo minutes; diary entries from Gorbachev's senior aide, Anatoly Chernyaev; meeting notes and private communications of Gorbachev with George H.W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand; and high-level CIA analyses, this volume offers a rare insider's look at the historic,...
More DescriptionTwenty years in the making, this collection presents 122 top-level Soviet, European and American records on the superpowers' role in the annus mirabilis of 1989. Consisting of Politburo minutes; diary entries from Gorbachev's senior aide, Anatoly Chernyaev; meeting notes and private communications of Gorbachev with George H.W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand; and high-level CIA analyses, this volume offers a rare insider's look at the historic, world-transforming events that culminated in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War. Most of these records have never been published before.