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The Reagan-Gorbachev relationship that ended the Cold War. Whittle narrates the Reykjavik summit, the INF Treaty, and the personal chemistry between two ideological opponents who found enough common ground to step back from nuclear confrontation.
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Canon
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Whittle argues that the Cold War ended in part because Reagan and Gorbachev developed a personal relationship of mutual respect that enabled negotiations neither could have conducted with a less trusted counterpart.
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Whittle frames Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika as extraordinary political courage: he attempted to reform a system that could not survive reform, knowing that the forces he unleashed might (and did) destroy the empire he led.
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