Summits : six meetings that shaped the twentieth century /

Reynolds, David, 1952-

Summits : six meetings that shaped the twentieth century / David Reynolds. - New York : Basic Books, c2007. - xi, 544 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-520) and index.

Toward the summit : from Babylon to Versailles -- Munich 1938 : Chamberlain and Hitler -- Yalta 1945 : Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin -- Vienna 1961 : Kennedy and Khrushchev -- Moscow 1972 : Brezhnev and Nixon -- Camp David 1978 : Begin, Carter and Sadat -- Geneva 1985 : Gorbachev and Reagan -- Summitry as a way of life : from the G7 to Bush and Blair.

Recounts six summits which had a significant political impact during the twentieth century, including the Yalta summit in 1945 with Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, and the Geneva summit in 1985 with Gorbachev and Reagan.

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Summit meetings--History--20th century.
International relations--History--20th century.
Diplomacy--History--20th century.
World politics--20th century.
Diplomacy--History.
World politics.

D455 / .R395 2007

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