Cold War Endgame: Oral History, Analysis, Debates

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vi Introduction William C. Wohlforth 1 PART I Oral History: The Princeton Conference 1 Forging a New Relationship 15 2 The Unification of Germany 49 3 The Persian Gulf War 77 4 Countdown to the Collapse of the Soviet Union 115 PART II Analysis 5 Once Burned, Twice Shy? The Pause of 1989 Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier 141 6 Trust Bursting Out All Over: The Soviet Side of German Unification Andrew O. Bennett 175 PART III Debates 7 Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: Different Perspectives on the Historical Personality Vladislav M. Zubok 207 8 The Road(s) Not Taken: Causality and Contingency in Analysis of the Cold War’s End Robert D. English 243 9 Economic Constraints and the End of the Cold War Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth 273 Conclusion 10 Failure or Learning Opportunity? The End of the Cold War and Its Implications for International Relations Theory Joseph Lepgold 313 Participants and Contributors 337 Index 341 Wolhforth FrontMatter 12/26/02 11:32 PM Page v ...