books.google.com - Twenty years ago, as the United States and the Soviet Union were sliding into yet another round of dangerous confrontation, no one could have imagined that only a decade later the cold war would be over and that Russia and the West would embark on an unprecedented course of economic, political, and military...http://books.google.com/books/about/Turning_points_in_ending_the_Cold_War.html?id=Kuc1xSlGvO4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareTurning points in ending the Cold War