Reagan Meets Gorbachev: Cold War Thaws in Reykjavik
Reagan and Gorbachev traded blistering proposals on nuclear disarmament in Reykjavík, shattering the illusion that arms control talks were merely performative. Their intense debate forced both superpowers to confront the reality of mutual destruction, setting the direct groundwork for the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed just two years later.
October 11, 1986
40 years ago
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