Pentagon
Richard Perle

Original title in English: Hard Line

Known as the Prince of Darkness during his time in Washington, Richard Perle is an unrepentant Cold Warrior. He argues forcefully that the policies he championed while at the Pentagon have been largely responsible for the collapse of the Soviet empire. The novel portrays the decisive political battles of the mid-1980s over American policy toward the Soviet Union–and shows how Washington works at the highest levels of power.

It is 1998 and Michael Waterman, a former Pentagon official, is looking back at one of the crucial events of the last tense days of the Cold War, the summit meeting held in Sibelius's summer cottage outside Helsinki. Infuriated at revisionist histories that have obscured his administration's success in defeating the Soviets, Waterman attempts to set the record straight by telling the amazing story of the Helsinki summit and how the Cold War was really won.