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George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in 1991.

George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in 1991.

George H.W. Bush worked toward a soft nuclear landing for the dissolving Soviet Union

By Siegfried S. Hecker | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Former US President George H.W. Bush with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration

Former US President George H.W. Bush with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration

George H.W. Bush’s Legacy: Exit from “Tension City”

By Matt Field | Analysis, Doomsday Clock, What We’re Reading