The Future of Germany

Germans wanted to unite after second world war, but still had occupying forces on its territory. In order for germany to unify, it had to convince the leader of the soviet union to give up both those troops and his legal right to keep them there. As part of a hypothetical bargain, James Baker proposed that he would offer concessions as nato moves in the direction of moscow. The former territory of east germany is now only part of europe guaranteed by treaty to be nuclear free.