From the Cold War to a New Era: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1991

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JHU Press, 29 mai 1998 - 552 pages

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.

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Table des matières

PREFACE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS EDITION
9
Evil Empire and Star Wars A Golden
41
The KAL 007 Crisis Moscow Reacts Meeting
54
THE CHERNENKO INTERLUDE
79
The Summer of Reengagement Gromyko Visits
93
GORBACHEV TAKES COMMAND
107
THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION
431
A Cautious Beginning Stumbling Toward
6
A CANDLE IN THE COLD 15
15
Evil Empire and Star Wars A Golden
34
Showdown for Shultz
41
THE EBB TIDE 49
49
THE CHERNENKO INTERLUDE 79
79
The Summer of Reengagement Gromyko Visits
93
AFTERWORD 477
477
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 483
483

Summit in Helsinki Authorizing the
7
PREFACE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS EDITION
9

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À propos de l'auteur (1998)

Donald Oberdorfer Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 28, 1931. He graduated from Princeton University in 1952. He served in the Army in Korea after the war. He worked as a reporter for The Charlotte Observer, The Saturday Evening Post, and Knight Newspapers before joining The Washington Post in 1968. After he retired as a reporter in 1993, he taught at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He wrote several books during his lifetime including The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History, Tet!, and The Turn: From the Cold War to a New Era; the United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1990. He died on July 23, 2015 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 84.

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