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Svetlana Savranskaya et al., « Chapter 7. The Washington and Camp David summit, 1990 », Central European University Press, ID : 10670/1.4eywpe
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The Washington summit at the end of May and early June 1990 showcased the American president, George H.W. Bush, at his most statesmanlike, and the Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, on the downward slope of what would be, for him and for hopes of reform in the Soviet Union, a “truly tragic” year. Gorbachev for the first time appeared at a superpower summit as supplicant rather than equal, implicitly seeking American economic help (his aides would do so explicitly), and practically begging B...