On Sep 26, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> And look where that sort of thing led him!
wiki says ...
Gorbachev's attempts at reform as well as summit conferences with United States PresidentRonald Reagan and his reorientation of Soviet strategic aims contributed to the end of the Cold War, ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.