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Gorbachëv, Mikhail (Cont.)
German reunification and deal with
Kohl over 412, 421, 427, 430,
433, 441, 443–4, 447–50
and Germany’s NATO membership
443, 447
global image and popularity 259–60
government structure reforms 475
and Gromyko 111, 119, 120, 129,
347–8
and Helsinki summit (1990) 463–4
and human rights 355, 403
industrial reforms 238, 344
and Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
Treaty negotiations 289–90
and internal political reform 351
invited to London by Thatcher (1984)
111–13
and Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait (1990)
463–4, 473, 479–80
January declaration 167–8, 178, 179,
180, 181, 182, 187–8, 200
and Kohl 85, 301–2, 304, 306, 309–10,
352–3, 447–8
and Libyan crisis 184, 186
and Lithuania 459–61, 483
and Malta summit (1989) 420–5
marriage 121, 254
and Marxism-Leninism 266, 267
meeting with John Paul II (1989)
419–20
and Mitterrand 154, 310–11
and Moscow summit (1988) 296–300
and nuclear disarmament and arms
reduction 3, 5, 126, 127, 141,
143–4, 146–7, 148–9, 151, 156–7,
161, 163–4, 166–71, 177, 179–81,
186–7, 190, 206–7, 213–17,
282–4, 368, 386, 436
and perestroika 131–2, 260, 266, 267,
314, 369, 403, 418
Perestroika (book) 259–60
and Polish crisis 402, 403, 405, 409
political career 121, 122
public appeal 148, 149
and Reagan 4, 5, 172, 250, 251, 252,
253, 298–9, 321, 356–7, 496–7
reduction of Soviet forces and
withdrawal of troops from
Eastern Europe 281, 355, 356,
365–6, 431, 441
reform team behind 128–37
resignation 494–5
retreat over reform and dropping of
prominent reformers 476, 479
and Reykjavik summit (1986) 206,
209–18, 221, 224–6
Rust affair and sackings initiated in
armed forces 246–7
and Schultz 138, 139, 255–6
and Shevardnadze 130, 131, 443,
464–5, 468–9, 470–1, 477–8, 479,
492
and Soviet–Far East relations 202
speeches to Party Congress 178, 179
and Strategic Defense Initiative 138–9,
151, 153, 156, 157, 180–1, 191,
194–6, 200, 214, 215–17, 226,
244, 276–7, 293
temperament 124
and Thatcher 112–14, 182, 303–8, 309,
311–12, 406
and trade relations with US 167
and Ustinov 106
visit to China (1989) 384–8
visit to Czechoslovakia (1987) 319
visit to London (1989) 311
visit to New York and speech to UN
General Assembly (1988) 354–8
visit to Paris (1985) 147–8
and Warsaw Pact 444
and Washington summit (1987) 271,
290–2, 323
and West European leaders 112–14,
149, 154, 181–2, 301, 303–8, 309,
310–12, 352–3, 371, 406, 423,
447–8
and Western Europe 151, 163, 181–2,
225, 268, 301–13, 367
and withdrawal of troops from
Afghanistan 329–31, 332,
332–4, 335, 336–7, 338