Tear down this wall, a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War, Romesh Ratnesar
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- Cold War
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Reagan, Ronald -- Oratory
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Germany -- Berlin
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views
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Tear down this wall, a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War, Romesh Ratnesar
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-206) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Tear down this wall
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
316028256
Responsibility statement
Romesh Ratnesar
Sub title
a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War
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
Table of 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
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