prelude to the period in which the cold war was won. that really happened on the watch of president george h.w. bush, and powell then moved back pentagon to be chairman. but as national security adviser, we were pressuring all of the soviet republics, armenia, georgia, the stans in the south, the baltics, and powell was very much part of that and the pressure on the soviets was showing. gorbachev was moving towards reagan and what was the most unlikely embrace upon arms control. so we think about these great stories, the end of the cold war is the greatest, really, for our generation. colin powell was part of this. as a military officer at a white house who was beginning to think through what became under 41, the end game. so i think he, as a national