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Product Description The dramatic, first-hand account of the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland--the definitive weekend that was the key turning point in the Cold War--by President Reagan's arms control director, Ken Adelman. In October 1986, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for a forty-eight-hour summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Planned as a short, inconsequential gathering to outline future talks, the meeting quickly turned to major international issues, including the strategic defense initiative and the possibility of eliminating all nuclear weapons--negotiations that laid the groundwork for the most sweeping arms accord in history the following year. Scrupulously researched and based on now-declassified information, Reagan at Reykjavik tells the gripping tale of this weekend that changed the world. Filled with illustrative accounts of the private discussions between Reagan and his team, Ken Adelman provides an honest and up-close portrait of President Reagan at one of his finest and most challenging moments. Reagan at Reykjavik includes 16 pages of black-and-white photos and 11 illustrations. Review Reagan at Reykjavik is a lively, important account of a historic weekend. On a barren island nation in the north Atlantic, the two great nuclear adversaries faced reality-and the world was changed.-- "Tom Brokaw, journalist, author, and former anchor of NBC Nightly News" A fascinating, gripping, and essential account of the definitive end-game moment of the Cold War, told by someone who had a front-row seat.-- "Christopher Buckley, political satirist and novelist" A knowledgeable, passionately engaged fly on the wall at one of the least heralded, most productive summits of the Cold War era.-- "Ted Koppel, NPR senior news analyst and former anchor of Nightline" A riveting history of one of the most important moments of the Cold War. Adelman has written a pa