Three days in Moscow : Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Soviet empire

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Three days in Moscow : Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Soviet empire

Title remainder

Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Soviet empire

Statement of responsibility

Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney

Title variation

• 3 days in Moscow
• Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Soviet empire

Creator

• trueBaier, Bret
• Baier, Bret

Contributor

• Whitney, Catherine
• trueWhitney, Catherine

Author

• Baier, Bret
• Whitney, Catherine

Subject

• Cold War
• trueCold War
• trueConservatism
• Diplomatic relations
• Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
• Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
• HISTORY -- Military | Nuclear Warfare
• HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
• trueHistory writing -- Cold War
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 20th century
• truePresidents
• trueReagan, Ronald
• Reagan, Ronald
• Reagan, Ronald -- Travel -- Soviet Union
• Russia (Federation) -- Moscow
• Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
• Summit meetings
• Summit meetings -- Soviet Union
• Travel
• United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
• trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989
• 1981-1989
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State

Genre

• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

On May 31, 1988, Reagan addressed a packed audience at Moscow State University, with a remarkable -- yet now largely forgotten -- speech that capped his first visit to the Soviet capital. This fourth in a series of summits between Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev was a dramatic coda to their tireless efforts to reduce the nuclear threat. More than that, Reagan viewed it as 'a grand historical moment': an opportunity to light a path for the Soviet people -- toward freedom, human rights, and a future he told them they could embrace if they so chose. It was the first time an American president had given an address about freedom and human rights on Russian soil. Reagan had once called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire, ' but now, saying that depiction was from 'another time, ' he beckoned the Soviets to join him in a new vision of the future. The importance of Reagan's Moscow speech was largely overlooked at the time, but the new world he spoke of was fast approaching. The following year, in November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union began to disintegrate, leaving the United States the sole superpower on the world stage. Today, the end of the Cold War is perhaps the defining historical moment of the past half century, and must be understood if we are to make sense of America's current place in the world amid the re-emergence of US-Russian tensions during Vladimir Putin's tenure. Using Reagan's three days in Moscow to tell the larger story of the president's critical and often misunderstood role in orchestrating a peaceful ending to the Cold War, Baier illuminates the character of one of our nation's most venerated leaders, and reveals the unique qualities that allowed Reagan to succeed in forming an alliance for peace with the Soviet Union when his predecessors had fallen short

Tone

• trueConservative

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

FMG

Dewey number

327.73047

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

• E183.8.S65
• E876

LC item number

• B325 2018
• .B35 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult