Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War

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Title:

Author:

Ratnesar, Romesh.

Personal Author:

Ratnesar, Romesh.

Edition:

First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Simon & Schuster, [2009]

Physical Description:

229 pages ; 25 cm

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:

English

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.

Personal Subject:

Reagan, Ronald-Oratory.

Reagan, Ronald-Political and social views.

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022

Subject Term:

Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Germany -- Berlin.

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.

Cold War.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.

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