How Ukrainians view the quagmire of becoming warfare’s most successful alliance.
By Paul D. Shinkman
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When the Berlin Wall fell, Russia emerged as the only loser.
Its former Soviet allies became freer to determine their own economic and security fates, and could industrialize along Western standards largely as they pleased. America had its victory, and got to brag that the storylines glamorized in Hollywood hits like “Top Gun,” “Rocky IV” and “Red Dawn” could live up to their jingoism. And the North Atlantic Treaty Organization proved the alliance could weather the history that formed it, and endure into a new age.