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When Reagan visited the Soviet Union in May, 1988, Gorbachev arranged for him to lecture at Moscow State University on the virtues of market capitalism. From beneath a huge bust of Lenin, the president evoked computer chips, rock stars, movies, and the “irresistible power of unarmed truth.” The students gave him a standing ovation.93 Soon Gorbachev was repeating what he had learned
The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis
In both its ends and its means, then, this revolution became a triumph of hope. It did so chiefly because Mikhail Gorbachev chose not to act, but rather to be acted upon.
The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis
US and the USSR are simply ‘doomed’ to dialogue, coordination, and cooperation. There is no other choice
The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis
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