Unsurprisingly, there is no mention of Ronald Reagan in Willerton’s article. He writes as if Gorbachev emerged and operated in a vacuum. He didn’t. Gorbachev was selected as Soviet leader to ...

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US President Ronald Reagan dialled down his anti ... with Mrs Thatcher famously telling Mr Reagan that Mr Gorbachev was a man they could “do business with”, and winning Mr Gordievsky promotion ...