Peter Schneider, in The New York Times Magazine (June 25, 1989), 229 W. 43rd St., New York, N.Y. 10036.
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" President Ronald Reagan exclaimed in 1987 as he stood before the Berlin Wall. He was repeating a demand that virtually every Western leader has made-implic- itly, a call for the reunification of the two Germanys-during the 28 years of the wall's existence.
What if Gorbachev did it?
Reagan, his successor, and America's al- lies in Western Europe...