Turn . Guest well, i wouldnt say date that created it, but if i had to pick one date as the epicenter, perhaps, of the turn, it would have been the reykjavik summit in october of 1986, just about five years ago from this fall. Cspan what happened there . Guest in this remarkable event, probably the most remarkable meeting of u. S. And soviet leaders, certainly since kennedys meeting with khrushchev in vienna, reagan and gorbachev and shevardnadze and shultz sat down in a small room in reykjavik over a dining room table and started negotiating over their entire nuclear arsenal. They had on the table to be bargained with the entire stock of Ballistic Missiles in the arsenals of both governments which were the basic weapons underpinning their national power. At the end of the summit reagan even said and i have the quotes authenticated for the first time why dont we just get rid of all Nuclear Weapons . Just get rid of them all. And gorbachev said, yes, lets do that. Lets just get rid of t
Gwu. They won the 2011 prize from the society for historians of American Foreign relations for their book, masterpieces of history, the peaceful end of the cold war in europe 1989 publ h publishpublish ed by the European University press. They have coauthored more than three dozen electronic briefing books on cold war supplements, disside dissidents, flash points and lega legacies. Svetlana graduated from Moscow State University and earned her ph. D. At emory university. Tom is a graduate of Harvard University and won the 2004 emmy award for news and documentary research. I would just like to point out that this magnificent book, the last super power supplements has absolutely beautiful color pla plates. This is impossible with American University presses, so go to hungary to have your book. I just want to say an informs thank you to eric and to roger and to the American Historical Association and to the wilson center. This is an alexander institution yall have built over many many yea
Gwu. They won the 2011 prize from the society for historians of American Foreign relations for their book, masterpieces of history, the peaceful end of the cold war in europe 1989 publ h publishpublish ed by the European University press. They have coauthored more than three dozen electronic briefing books on cold war supplements, disside dissidents, flash points and lega legacies. Svetlana graduated from Moscow State University and earned her ph. D. At emory university. Tom is a graduate of Harvard University and won the 2004 emmy award for news and documentary research. I would just like to point out that this magnificent book, the last super power supplements has absolutely beautiful color pla plates. This is impossible with American University presses, so go to hungary to have your book. I just want to say an informs thank you to eric and to roger and to the American Historical Association and to the wilson center. This is an alexander institution yall have built over many many yea
They will speak about this book. [speaking french] [indiscernible] you have written [indiscernible] you have an amazing book. You are a member of the [indiscernible] you have worked for the New York Times, the daily news. In america and around the world. You have been in 85 countries. Also an author. You have written three books, and the last one is on the table. Thisow i let you discuss reykjavik summit. [indiscernible] [applause] much foryou very hosting this event this evening with the extraordinary man next to me, the author of a great , the reagan and gorbachev summit of 1986. As it happened, i was a reporter. Let me start off with a little personal anecdote. 1981, president reagan was about be sworn in as president for his first term. I had just left the New York Times and come to cbs as a correspondent. I was in washington dc. I was the lowest person on the totem pole. I had just arrived there, but cbs was a pool for that event, which means i have nothing to do the night before.
And soviet premier gorbachev. This is an hour. Sitting on my left and speaking about this book. [indiscernible] you have worked for the New York Times the daily news. In america , and around the world. You have been in 85 countries. And you are also an author. You have written three books, and the last one is on the table. And now i let you discuss this reykjavik summit. [indiscernible] [applause] thank you very much for hosting this event this evening with the extraordinary man next to me, the author of a great book, reagan and gorbachev, the summit of 1986. As it happened, i was a reporter. Let me start off with a little personal anecdote. In january 1981, president reagan was about be sworn in as president for his first term. I had just left the New York Times and come to cbs as a correspondent. I was in washington dc. I was the lowest person on the totem pole. I had just arrived there, but cbs was a pool for that event, which means i have nothing to do the night before. The next da