My Years With Gorbachev and Shevardnadze
The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter
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Publication
1997-04-01 - Pennsylvania State University Press
Language
English
Word Count
98,500 words, Guess
Page Count
394 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9575574M
- ISBN-139780271016030
- ISBN-100271016035
- OCLC Control Number34850149
- OCLC Control Numbermyyearswithgorba0000pala
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number96025686
- LibraryThing3586073
- Goodreads768368
Classifications
- LCCDK290.3.P35A3 1997
Description
As the principal English interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev and his foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, in the critical period of 1985-1991, Pavel Palazchenko participated in all U.S.-Soviet summit talks leading to the end of the Cold War. This personal and political memoir sheds new light on Soviet-American relations and personalities during that time. Palazchenko focuses on what he saw with his own eyes during important negotiating sessions with world leaders such as Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, Secretaries of State George Shultz and James Baker, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He shares his impressions and opinions about these leaders as well as their Soviet counterparts and gives a firsthand account of the phase of preparation leading up to important international events, including the process of hammering out positions on sensitive arms control issues. Palazchenko describes the events themselves, such as the summits in Reykjavik, Malta, and Moscow, adding many fascinating details to previous accounts.
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