Ending the Cold War

GEORGE W. BRESLAUER University of California, Berkeley, USAARCIE BROWN St. Antony's College, Oxford, UKJAMES A. DAVIS, University of Munich, Bavaria, GermanyMATTHEW EVANGELISTA Cornell University, New York, USARAYMOND L. GARTHOFF The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USAJACQUES LÉVESQUE Université du Québec à Montréal, CanadaJANICE GROSS STEIN University of Toronto, CanadaWILLIAM H. WOHLFORTH Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

'Ending the Cold War is the product of a 'Who's Who' of scholars writing on one of the most important periods in recent history. Making good use of new knowledge available from documents and from interviews with key participants, this book will be valuable for scholars and accesible to students.' - James M. Godgeier, George Washington University, USA 'By far the best and most stimulating book to date on the subject, Ending the Cold War will be profitably read by scholars, pollcy makers and sudents of international relations.' - Robert D. English, University of Southern California, USA and author of Russia and the Idea of the West

• What was the Cold War-and When and Why Did It End?; R.K.Herrmann & R.N.Lebow PART I: TURNING POINTS AND CAUSES Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War; A.Brown Regional Conflicts as Turning Points: The Soviet and American Withdrawals from Afghanistan, Angola, and Nicaragua; R.K.Herrman Turning Points in Arms Control; M.Evangelista The Emancipation of Eastern Europe; J.Lévesque German Unification; J.A.Davis & W.H.Wohlforth PART II: COMPARING TURNING POINTS AND CAUSES Process and Outcome; R.L.Garthoff Leadership and the End of the Cold War: A Counterfactual Thought Experiment; G.W.Breslauer & R.N.Lebow Why Did the Cold War End?; R.N.Lebow & J.Gross Stein Learning From the End of the Cold War; R.K.Herrmann