The Resource Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War, Romesh Ratnesar
Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War, Romesh Ratnesar
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 229 p., [8] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781416556909
- Label
- Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War
- Title
- Tear down this wall
- Title remainder
- a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War
- Statement of responsibility
- Romesh Ratnesar
- Subject
-
- Cold War
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
- Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Germany | Berlin
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ratnesar, Romesh
- Dewey number
- 973.927092
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E877.2
- LC item number
- .R38 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Reagan, Ronald
- Reagan, Ronald
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Cold War
- Label
- Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War, Romesh Ratnesar
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn316028256
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 229 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781416556909
- Lccn
- 2009024213
- System control number
- (OCoLC)316028256
- Label
- Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War, Romesh Ratnesar
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn316028256
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Extent
- 229 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781416556909
- Lccn
- 2009024213
- System control number
- (OCoLC)316028256
Subject
- Cold War
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
- Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Germany | Berlin
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views
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