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Article: By refusing to accept second place, Reagan ended (and won) Cold War.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- August 29, 2004
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Byline: Arnold Beichman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
This is the story of a global miracle and how it happened. It's been told before by other historians, but not with the same insights and almost burdensome inside information as are contained in Jack F. Matlock Jr.'s new book, "Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended."
Mr. Matlock, U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union (1987-1991), was President Ronald Reagan's adviser as Russia moved from its inhuman totalitarian system to the beginnings of a genuine thaw. Historians of the Cold War will find this book indispensable.
Mr. Matlock tells the story in so pedestrian a fashion that there are times you ...