My Years With Gorbachev and Shevardnadze

The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter

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My Years With Gorbachev and Shevardnadze

The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter

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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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English
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394

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My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter
2010, Pennsylvania State University Press
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Cover of: My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze
My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter
1997, Pennsylvania State University Press
in English
Cover of: My Years With Gorbachev and Shevardnadze
My Years With Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter
April 1997, Pennsylvania State University Press
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Library of Congress
DK290.3.P35A3 1997, DK290.3.P35 A3 1997

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
394
Dimensions
9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.7 pounds

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Open Library
OL9575574M
Internet Archive
myyearswithgorba0000pala
ISBN 10
0271016035
ISBN 13
9780271016030
LCCN
96025686
OCLC/WorldCat
34850149
Library Thing
3586073
Goodreads
768368

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