On a Sadder Note: Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is mourned as a world peacemaker but military space was one of his levers

On a Sadder Note: Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is mourned as a world peacemaker but military space was one of his levers

The death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on 30 August at the age of 91 prompted tributes to him from around the world in his role as a peacemaker and promoter of democratic freedoms during the Cold War. After Leonid Breznev finally died, followed by short...