The Provocations of James Baker and Gorbachev

When East and West Germany were reuniting there were 400,000 Soviet troops stationed in East Germany. In order for the Germanies to reunite under NATO auspices those troops had to leave. James Baker allegedly told Gorbachev that we would not move NATO one inch to the east. A detailed analysis by a scholar named Joshua R. Schiffrinson published in the journal International Security saw that in fact there was deception going on.