The Cold War dominated world history for nearly half a century, locking two superpowers in a global rivalry that only ended with the Soviet collapse. The most decisive moments of twentieth-century diplomacy occurred when world leaders met face to face--from the mishandled summit in Munich, 1938, which brought on the Second World War, to Ronald Reagan's remarkable chemistry with Mikhail Gorbachev at Geneva in 1985. In Summits, eminent diplomatic historian David Reynolds takes us alongside the statesmen who stood, if only briefly, on top of the world, offering valuable lessons as we find ourselves confronting once again a war without end.
- ISBN10 0786744588
- ISBN13 9780786744589
- Publish Date 14 April 2009 (first published 1 April 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 576
- Language English