The turn

Beschrijving

On 1st September 1983, a Soviet military pilot tracked and shot down an unarmed Korean airliner, with the loss of all aboard, including a number of Americans. The outcry was fierce; the USA and the USSR seemed locked in a deepening spiral of hostility. Yet less than five years later, the world watched Ronald Reagan stroll through Red Square with Mikhail Gorbachev after signing a major arms reduction treaty. From hatred to something approaching friendship – this book offers an account of one of history’s great turning points. Apart from covering, as a journalist, many of the meetings and events dealt with in the book, the author interviewed many of the key figures on both sides. An account of one of history’s great turning points – the ending of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR. Apart from covering, as a journalist, many of the meetings and events dealt with in the book, the author interviewed many of the key figures on both sides.