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'''Jack Matlock Jr.''' (b. 1929) was a career diplomat who served during [[Cold War I]] and was U.S. ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]] when the Cold War ended. After retiring from the Foreign Service, he focused on understanding how the Cold War ended and how the lessons from that experience might be applied to public policy in the 21st century.

==Books==
*''Autopsy on an Empire''
*''Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended''
*''Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray--And How to Return to Reality''

==External link==
*[https://youtu.be/E0GjI_2SjQk Jack Matlock: Superpower Illusions - Reviving the Cold War], [[Glenn Diesen]], Jun 21, 2025

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