Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War EndedIn Reagan and Gorbachev, Jack F. Matlock, Jr., gives an eyewitness account of how the Cold War ended, with humankind declared the winner. As Reagans principal adviser on Soviet and European affairs, and later as the U. S. ambassador to the U. S. S. R., Matlock lived history: He was the point person for Reagans evolving policy of conciliation toward the Soviet Union. Working from his own papers, recent interviews with major figures, and archival