. >> necks of american history tv, author and state department historian james gran wilson -- james grahamlson. the event was hosted by the wilson center at the national history center. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> as we know, this is a relatively tense time given some of the topics that i try to deal with in the book, the end of the cold war. i think it is worth keeping some things in perspective in 2014. you know, i start off with an example of a telephone call in the middle of the night on november 9, 1979. his military adviser is calling to say that 220 soviet icbms are on the way. he says, call me again in a minute to confirm that. the assistant called again and says i was wrong, it is now 2200 missiles. just before dialing the white