Both historians and the general public continue to be infatuated with the end of the Cold War, which was marked by the liberation of Eastern Europe from Soviet rule in 1989, the unification of Germany in 1990, and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Bozo (European studies, Sorbonne, Paris) and other international scholars contribute to the understanding of this pivotal era by discussing the disengagement debates of the late 1950s, the Soviet Union's initial campaign against the Cold War, and visions of détente from the 1950s to "How Reagan's SDI [Strategic Defense Initiative] Inadvertently Contributed to the End of the Cold War." Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)