History suggests that once alliances have successfully accomplished their objectives, they quickly come to an end. The peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union, however, did not lead in parallel fashion to the rapid demise of the anti-Soviet transatlantic alliance. The subject of this paper is...

From his office in Omaha, Nebraska, without even the benefit of a computer, Warren Buffett has racked up an investment record that far surpasses his counterparts on Wall Street--or anyone else in the world, for that matter. While traditionally stock exchanges have returned about 11 percent...