Cargando…

Summits : six meetings that shaped the twentieth century /

The Cold War dominated world history for nearly half a century, locking two superpowers in a global rivalry that only ended with the Soviet collapse. The most decisive moments of twentieth-century diplomacy occurred when world leaders met face to face-from the mishandled summit in Munich, 1938, whic...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reynolds, David, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, 2009.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • LIST OF MAPS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 TOWARD THE SUMMIT: From Babylon to Versailles; 2 MUNICH 1938: Chamberlain and Hitler; 3 YALTA 1945: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin; 4 VIENNA 1961: Kennedy and Khrushchev; 5 MOSCOW 1972: Brezhnev and Nixon; 6 CAMP DAVID 1978: Begin, Carter and Sadat; 7 GENEVA 1985: Gorbachev and Reagan; 8 SUMMITRY AS A WAY OF LIFE: From the G7 to Bush and Blair; SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX.