With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.
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- Self - Minister of Energy, Ukraine
- Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
- Self - Co-Author, The Button
- Self - U.S. Secretary of Defense 2006 - 2001
- Self - Contributing Editor, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
- Self - U.S. Military Intelligence Officer 1979 - 1994
- Self - Author, Freedom's Laboratory
- Self - Author, Stalin and the Bomb
- Self - U.K. Ambassador to Russia 2000 - 2004
- Self - National Security Council, European and Russian Affairs 2017 - 2019
- Self - Director, The Day After
- Self - Editor, The New Yorker
- Self - Author, Not One Inch
- Self - Author, Atoms & Ashes
- Self - Child in Neighboring Belarus in 1986
- Self - National Security Council, Soviet and Eastern European Affairs 1989 - 1991
- Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1982 - 1984
- Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1964 - 1982
- Self - National Security Advisor 1977 - 1981
- Self - President of the United States 1978 - 1981
- Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1984 - 1985
- Self - Gorbachev's Maternal Grandfather
- Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1985 - 1991
- Self - Wife of Mikhail Gorbachev
- Self - Georgia (D)
- Self - Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces
- Self - Chief Intel Officer, U.S. Air Force in Europe
- Self - President of the United States 1981 - 1989
- Self - U.S. Nuclear Physicist
- Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979 - 1990