Brent Scowcroft: ‘Gorbachev Was Doing Our Work For Us’

As the Soviet Union careened toward collapse in 1991, no country was watching the unfolding events more closely than the United States. President George H.W. Bush was in the White House, and at his side was his national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft. The retired Air Force lieutenant general had already served two other presidents — […]