Tear down this wall a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War
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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Tear down this wall : |b a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War / |c Romesh Ratnesar. |
| 250 | |a 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Simon & Schuster, |c 2009. | ||
| 300 | |a 229 p. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Better than a war -- The last best hope -- Ash heap of history -- Fireside talks -- The dinner party -- "A missed opportunity" -- The wall must go -- The sign of the cross -- Mikhail and Ron -- "That magic line" -- Appendix: Remarks on East-West relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. | |
| 520 | |a 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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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Reagan, Ronald |x Political and social views. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Speeches, addresses, etc., American |z Germany |z Berlin. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, |d 1931- |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |z Soviet Union. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Soviet Union |x Foreign relations |z United States. | |
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