Masterpieces of History : : The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1989 / / ed. by Svetlana Savranskaya, Vladislav Zubok, Thomas S. Blanton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• HerausgeberIn: Blanton, Thomas S.,; Savranskaya, Svetlana,; Zubok, Vladislav,
• MitwirkendeR: Blanton, Thomas,; Chernyaev, Anatoly S.,; Matlock, Jack F.,; Savranskaya, Svetlana,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: National Security Archive Cold War Reader
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (783 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface and Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; Acronyms --; Chronology of Events --; The Logic of 1989: The Soviet Peaceful Withdrawal from Eastern Europe --; U.S. Policy and the Revolutions of 1989 --; Dialogue: The Musgrove Conference, May 1–3, 1998 --; Documents --; Document No. 1: Transcript of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Conference with CC CPSU Secretaries, March 15, 1985 --; Document No. 2: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding the “Vladimirov” Article, July 5, 1985 --; Document No. 3: Memorandum from Anatoly Chernyaev to Aleksandr Yakovlev on Germany and Eastern Europe, March 10, 1986 --; Document No. 4: Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 28, 1986 --; Document No. 5: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, June 13, 1986 --; Document No. 6: Memorandum from Mikhail Gorbachev to the CC CPSU Politburo on Topical Questions regarding Collaboration with Socialist Countries, June 26, 1986 --; Document No. 7: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, July 3, 1986 --; Document No. 8: Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, November 13, 1986 --; Document No. 9: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, January 29, 1987 --; Document No. 10: Proposal from Georgy Shakhnazarov to the CPSU for a Partial Soviet Troop Withdrawal from the ČSSR, March 1987 --; Document No. 11: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session. Report on Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to Czechoslovakia, April 16, 1987 --; Document No. 12: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, May 8, 1987 --; Document No. 13: Report on Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to Romania, June 4, 1987 --; Document No. 14: Report on Eduard Shevardnadze’s Visits to Bulgaria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia, July 9, 1987 --; Document No. 15: State Department Intelligence and Research Report: “Economic Reform in the USSR and Eastern Europe”, September 16, 1987 --; Document No. 16: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, November 19, 1987 --; Document No. 17: Memorandum from Robert Gates, “Gorbachev’s Gameplan: The Long View”, November 24, 1987 --; Document No. 18: Telegram from Rozanne Ridgeway to All European Diplomatic Posts, “Eastern Europe: Invitation to the Dance”, December 1987 --; Document No. 19: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 10, 1988 --; Document No. 20: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Lazar Moisov, March 14, 1988 --; Document No. 21: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 24–25, 1988 --; Document No. 22: Record of the Main Content of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Gustáv Husák, April 12, 1988 --; Document No. 23: Record of the Main Content of a Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and János Kádár, May 19, 1988 --; Document No. 24: Comments from Georgy Shakhnazarov on Viktor Kulikov’s Report at the Warsaw Treaty PCC, May 25, 1988 --; Document No. 25: National Intelligence Estimate 11/12-9-88, “Soviet Policy toward Eastern Europe under Gorbachev”, May 1988 --; Document No. 26: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, June 20, 1988 --; Document No. 27: Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev at a Dinner with Wojciech Jaruzelski, July 11, 1988 --; Document No. 28: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Józef Czyrek, September 23, 1988 --; Document No. 29: Preparatory Notes from Georgy Shakhnazarov for Mikhail Gorbachev for CC CPSU Politburo Meeting, October 6, 1988 --; Document No. 30: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding a Meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, October 28, 1988 --; Document No. 31: Notes of a Meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Foreign Policy Advisers, October 31, 1988 --; Document No. 32: Summary of Conversations between Károly Grósz, János Berecz, Miklós Németh, Mátyás Szűrös and Aleksandr Yakovlev, November 10–11, 1988 --; Document No. 33: CIA Intelligence Assessment, “Gorbachev’s September Housecleaning: An Early Evaluation”, December 1988 --; Document No. 34: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev on the Situation in the Baltics, December 10, 1988 --; Document No. 35: Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, December 27–28, 1988 --; Document No. 36: Record of Conversation between Aleksandr Yakovlev and Henry Kissinger, January 16, 1989 --; Document No. 37: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Henry Kissinger, January 17, 1989 --; Document No. 38: Letter from George H.W. Bush to Mikhail Gorbachev, January 17, 1989 --; Document No. 39: Report from Mikhail Gorbachev to the CC CPSU Politburo regarding His Meeting with the Trilateral Commission, January 21, 1989 --; Document No. 40: Notes of Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush, January 23, 1989 --; Document No. 41: Memorandum from CC CPSU International Department, “On a Strategy for Relations with the European Socialist Countries”, February 1989 --; Document No. 42: Memorandum from the Bogomolov Institute, “Changes in Eastern Europe and their Impact on the USSR”, February 1989 --; Document No. 43: Cable from Jack Matlock to State Department, “The Soviet Union over the Next Four Years”, February 3, 1989 --; Document No. 44: Memorandum from Anatoly Chernyaev to Vadim Zagladin, February 4, 1989 --; Document No. 45: Cable from Jack Matlock to State Department, “The Soviet Union over the Next Four Years”, February 13, 1989 --; Document No. 46: Report on Vadim Medvedev’s Visit to Romania, February 16, 1989 --; Document No. 47: Cable from Jack Matlock to State Department, “U.S.–Soviet Relations: Policy Opportunities”, February 22, 1989 --; Document No. 48: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Achille Occhetto, February 28, 1989 --; Document No. 49: Notes of CC CPSU Politburo Session, March 3, 1989 --; Document No. 50: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Miklós Németh, March 3, 1989 --; Document No. 51: Notes of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Meeting with Soviet Ambassadors to Socialist Countries, March 3, 1989 --; Document No. 52: Record of Conversations between Mikhail Gorbachev and Károly Grósz, March 23–24, 1989 --; Document No. 53: Transcript of CC CPSU Politburo Session, “Outcome of the USSR People’s Deputies Elections”, March 28, 1989 --; Document No. 54: CIA Intelligence Assessment, “Rising Political Instability under Gorbachev: Understanding the Problem and Prospects for Resolution”, April 1989 --; Document No. 55: Report from Vadim Zagladin on Conversation with Jan Pudlák, April 1, 1989 --; Document No. 56: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher, April 6, 1989 --; Document No. 57: National Intelligence Estimate 11-4-89, “Soviet Policy toward the West: The Gorbachev Challenge”, April 1989 --; Document No. 58: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, April 20, 1989 --; Document No. 59: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding Gorbachev’s State of Mind, May 2, 1989 --; Document No. 60: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, May 11, 1989 --; Document No. 61: Transcript of CC PUWP Secretariat Meeting, June 5, 1989 --; Document No. 62: Record of Conversation between Erich Honecker and Eduard Shevardnadze, June 9, 1989 --; Document No. 63: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, June 12, 1989 --; Document No. 64: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Richard von Weizsäcker, June 12, 1989 --; Document No. 65: Transcript of Opening Full Session of Hungarian National Roundtable Negotiations, June 13, 1989 --; Document No. 66: Record of Second Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, June 13, 1989 --; Document No. 67: Record of Third Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, June 14, 1989 --; Document No. 68: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, June 15, 1989 --; Document No. 69: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, June 23, 1989 --; Document No. 70: Letter from Helmut Kohl to George H.W. Bush, June 28, 1989 --; Document No. 71: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev, François Mitterrand and Their Spouses, July 4, 1989 --; Document No. 72: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and François Mitterrand, July 5, 1989 --; Document No. 73: Address by Mikhail Gorbachev to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, July 6, 1989 --; Document No.; 74: Record of Concluding Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and François Mitterrand, July 6, 1989 --; Document No. 75: Notes of Meeting of Warsaw Treaty Member-States, July 8, 1989 --; Document No. 76: Information Note regarding George H.W. Bush’s Visit to Poland (July 9–11), July 18, 1989 --; Document No. 77: Record of Conversation between Aleksandr Yakovlev and Jack Matlock, July 20, 1989 --; Document No. 78: Report from Rezső Nyers and Károly Grósz on Negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev, July 24–25, 1989 --; Document No. 79: Transcript of SED Politburo Sessions, September 5, 1989 --; Document No. 80: Memorandum of Conversation between Oskar Fischer and Vyacheslav Kochemassov, September 7, 1989 --; Document No. 81: Letter from Gerd Vehres to Oskar Fischer, September 10, 1989 --; Document No. 82: Record of Conversation between Evgeny Primakov and Margaret Thatcher, September 18, 1989 --; Document No. 83: CIA Intelligence Assessment, “Gorbachev’s Domestic Gambles and Instability in the USSR”, September 1989 --; Document No. 84: National Security Directive (NSD) 23, “United States Relations with the Soviet Union”, September 22, 1989 --; Document No. 85: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher, September 23, 1989 --; Document No. 86: Protocol No. 166 of CC CPSU Politburo Session, September 28, 1989 --; Document No. 87: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding Mikhail Gorbachev’s Visit to the GDR, October 5, 1989 --; Document No. 88: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Members of the CC SED Politburo, October 7, 1989 --; Document No. 89: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding German Reunification, October 9, 1989 --; Document No. 90: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding Erich Honecker, October 11, 1989 --; Document No. 91: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, Discussion of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Talk with Mieczysław Rakowski, October 12, 1989 --; Document No. 92: Record of Conversation between Vadim Medvedev and Kurt Hager, October 13, 198976 --; Document No. 93: Memorandum from Georgy Shakhnazarov to Mikhail Gorbachev regarding Military Détente in Europe, October 14, 1989 --; Document No. 94: Record of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, October 23, 1989 --; Document No. 95: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Mauno Koivisto, October 25, 1989 --; Document No. 96: Record of Conversation between Aleksandr Yakovlev and Zbigniew Brzezinski, October 31, 1989 --; Document No. 97: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Egon Krenz, November 1, 1989 --; Document No. 98: Cable from U.S. Embassy in Sofia to State Department, “The Nov 10 CC Party Plenum: Little Prospect for Major Changes”, November 9, 1989 --; Document No. 99: Session of the CC CPSU Politburo, November 9, 1989 --; Document No. 100: Record of Conversation between Helmut Kohl and Lech Wałęsa, November 9, 1989 --; Document No. 101: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding the Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 10, 1989 --; Document No. 102: Record of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, November 10, 1989 --; Document No. 103: Record of Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl, November 11, 1989 --; Document No. 104: Record of Telephone Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and François Mitterrand, November 14, 1989 --; Document No. 105: Record of Telephone Conversation between George H.W. Bush and Helmut Kohl, November 17, 1989 --; Document No. 106: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Brian Mulroney, November 21, 1989 --; Document No. 107: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Tadeusz Mazowiecki, November 24, 1989 --; Document No. 108: Speech by Ladislav Adamec at CC CPCz Extraordinary Session, November 24, 1989 --; Document No. 109: Letter from Helmut Kohl to George H.W. Bush, November 28, 1989 --; Document No. 110: Soviet Transcript of the Malta Summit, December 2–3, 1989 --; Document No. 111: Memorandum of Conversation of George H.W. Bush, John Sununu, Brent Scowcroft, and Helmut Kohl, December 3, 1989 --; Document No. 112: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Petar Mladenov, December 5, 1989 --; Document No. 113: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Hans Dietrich Genscher, December 5, 1989 --; Document No. 114: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and François Mitterrand, December 6, 1989 --; Document No. 115: Cable from James Baker to U.S. Embassy Sofia, December 19, 1989 --; Document No. 116: Four Soviet Foreign Ministry Documents regarding the Situation in Romania, December 20–25, 1989 --; Document No. 117: Memorandum from the CC CPSU International Department, “Towards a New Concept of Relations between the USSR and the States of Central and Eastern Europe”, January 5, 1990 --; Document No. 118: Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev regarding German Reunification, January 28, 1990 --; Document No. 119: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and James Baker, February 9, 1990 --; Document No. 120: Letter from James Baker to Helmut Kohl, February 10, 1990 --; Document No. 121: National Intelligence Estimate 12–90, “The Future of Eastern Europe,” (Key Judgments Only), April 1990 --; Document No. 122: Record of Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Wojciech Jaruzelski, April 13, 1990 --; Main Actors --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9786155211881; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9786155211881
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Svetlana Savranskaya, Vladislav Zubok, Thomas S. Blanton.

Twenty years in the making, this collection presents 122 top-level Soviet, European and American records on the superpowers' role in the annus mirabilis of 1989. Consisting of Politburo minutes; diary entries from Gorbachev's senior aide, Anatoly Chernyaev; meeting notes and private communications of Gorbachev with George H.W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand; and high-level CIA analyses, this volume offers a rare insider's look at the historic, world-transforming events that culminated in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War. Most of these records have never been published before.