brought the cold war to an end. we didn't fire a shot, but we won the cold war. and very importantly he made it clear he did want want anybody in his administration to dance on the grave of the soviet union but rather to treat them with more respect and to try to in great them into the community of peaceful nations. that obviously worked for a while, it hasn't worked, you know, right now that whole effort is under threat. but nevertheless bringing the cold war to a successful and peaceful conclusion, and thensary, very importantly he was extremely successful moving forward with the reintegration of the country which had plunged the war into a world war twice in the first half of the 20th century. and way he handled the german integration has tributed to a much more peaceful germany ever