Praise

“Guillaume Serina’s book seeks to build a bridge between yesterday and today. The detailed account of my meeting with President Ronald Reagan in Geneva and in Reykjavik, pieced together from interviews with some of the key participants and observers, puts in perspective what we tried to accomplish in Iceland: ridding the world of all nuclear weapons” – Mikhaïl Gorbachev, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

“A straightfoward, no-frills account by a French journalist of the Reagan-Gorbachev negotiations that came achingly close to abolishing nuclear weapons” – William Taubman, Pulitzer Price-winning author of Gorbachev: His Life and Times.

“An insider’s look at what has become perhaps the most consequential of nuclear summits. A thoroughly researched and rivetingly presented account of high stakes superpower negotiations, and a framework for understanding the challenges we face today. A must-read” – John B. Emerson, U.S. Ambassador (ret.) to Germany.

“An Impossible Dream is a timely look into one of the most historic opportunities humanity had to get rid of nuclear weapons. As many of the Cold War agreements are crumbling and nuclear weapons are back on the agenda, Serina provides lessons and inspiration for the next generation that are taking up the challenge and working to get rid of this enormous humanitarian threat”.  – Beatrice Fihn, exec. director of ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize 2017. 

“I am grateful to Guillaume Serina and this book, which reveals how two of the most powerful leaders in the world tried – in the midst of the Cold War – to get rid of nuclear weapons. It’s a fascinating book. One that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin should read and carefully consider”. Paul Quilès, Former French Defense Minister.