contrast, provided a framework in which unilateral Soviet ac- tions-even unilateral concessions- might make sense." Such concessions came quickly, beginning with Gorbachev's December 1988 announcement of troop cutbacks in Europe.
That is only one sign of the astonishing "minimalism" that Sestanovich sees sweeping Soviet foreign-policy thinking. Thus, Andrei Kozyrev, a top Foreign Minis- try official, wrote recently: "Our country has no interests justifying the use of mili- tary...