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Not one inch. With these words, Secretary of State James Baker proposed a hypothetical bargain to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after the fall of the Berlin Wall: if you let your part of Germany go, we will move NATO not one inch eastward. Controversy erupted almost immediately over this 1990 exchange-but more important was the decade to come, when the words took on new meaning. Gorbachev let his Germany go, but Washington rethought the bargain, not least after the Soviet Union's own collapse in December 1991. Washington realized it could not just win big but win bigger. Not one inch of territory needed to be off limits to NATO. On the thirtieth anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this book uses new evidence and interviews to show how, in the decade that culminated in Vladimir Putin's rise to power, the United States and Russia undermined a potentially lasting partnership. Prize-winning historian M. E. Sarotte shows what went wrong.… (plus d'informations)
Interesting and depressing history of NATO expansion in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, where overconfident Americans in particular cheered the expansion of NATO as if Russia couldn’t do anything about it. This isn’t to excuse Russia’s actions in Ukraine, but to explain why NATO expansion proceeded as it did instead of different security arrangements or even economic integration first. ( )
A very engaging and topical look at the implications of the reunification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Union for peace and security. The author has undertaken a lot of research and sets the events of the post-Cold War period into a context that shows (among other things) why Ukraine is not a member of NATO and why Russia and the U.S. have not become collaborators, as early signs indicated they might have. Fascinating look at recent history and how choices made then, in foreign affairs and other issues, are reverberating now. ( )
Loved it. Obviously outstanding/timely book for our current 2022 situation. Constant engaging anecdote mixed with effortless narrative energy moving story forward. At times, the book may have had a bit of the inside journalist type reporting (rather than straight history), but given the high level content throughout, that was worth it. I did not discern a tilt or an ideological axe to grind, causing me to just read and accept the authors judgement throughout. ( )
This is a well written, well researched recounting of how a little bit of arrogance by the West following the collapse of the Soviet Union was a missed opportunity leading directly to the current crisis in Ukraine-as George Kennan predicted, and the inching the hands of the Doomsday Clock to a potential erection. It will probably all work out, but if it does we will have dodged Armageddon. ( )
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For my transatlantic family Marc, Sylvia, and Tim Jonni Scheffler // Claus-Dieter and the late Rita Wulf // and for Mark
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It is in our interest to do more than just wait for them: we should do everything in our power to re-create such times, in order to renew our pursuit of the full measure of their grace.
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Not one inch. With these words, Secretary of State James Baker proposed a hypothetical bargain to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after the fall of the Berlin Wall: if you let your part of Germany go, we will move NATO not one inch eastward. Controversy erupted almost immediately over this 1990 exchange-but more important was the decade to come, when the words took on new meaning. Gorbachev let his Germany go, but Washington rethought the bargain, not least after the Soviet Union's own collapse in December 1991. Washington realized it could not just win big but win bigger. Not one inch of territory needed to be off limits to NATO. On the thirtieth anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this book uses new evidence and interviews to show how, in the decade that culminated in Vladimir Putin's rise to power, the United States and Russia undermined a potentially lasting partnership. Prize-winning historian M. E. Sarotte shows what went wrong.
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