The tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev
He was called a hero for shepherding the end of the USSR and Cold War. But he would not survive Russia’s ensuing societal rupture.
He was called a hero for shepherding the end of the USSR and Cold War. But he would not survive Russia’s ensuing societal rupture.
Agreement with Russia over post-Soviet empire borders and realities doesn’t mean that the sky will fall on our heads.
The Iron Curtain fell 30 years ago, but the last acts are yet to be written, as the very struggle against communism changed the US forever.