boris yeltsin walked mchale gorbachev's -- mikhail gorbachev's speech and threw a tantrum because he got very angry that gorbachev had not credited him with any of this. >> it was all perestroika and glasnost. >> guest: at this stage he had developed a slight dislike for gorbachev. he was ready to be offended. he also was annoyed that gorbachev as much as said this was not a democratic think and was pointing the finger at boris yeltsin who was instrumental with the whole thing falling apart. he called someone sitting in another room who was supposed to accompany him and bring the two colonels to boris yeltsin's office. he said i am not going over there. you collect. if there are problems here the documents are with us. he said you go over and collect them and if he doesn't come -- give it to you we will sort it out another way. then he changed his mind. kathryn auld -- and do the exchange. catherine hall had a residence where gorbachev humiliated a crucial point earlier in the perestroika era. and gorbachev for once had the upper hand. it was all sort of, the documents, interestingly

soviet union and ultimately paid off in the greatest way when he formed his relationship with mchale gorbachev. -- it is a critical turning point. thank you. -- mikhail gorbachev. [applause] >> now to our final speaker, annelise anderson. >> thank you. together a fascinating collection of documents. sorry. i was just saying how fascinating this collection of documents is that has been put together by the cia where you can see what kind of integration reagan and his administration were getting and on the other hand the national security documents, where you can see what he actually decided and how he used the intelligence, and the national director of that came out of this. the national security council documents show ronald reagan in action. he shared 300 to five of these meetings, plus probably another 20 that are not recorded and there were minutes taken of these of what everybody said. you can see the conflict between george shultz and weinberger in these documents. a great many of them have been released and the library is releasing more them. my husband first got access to them, martin an

on "after words," the failed coup that led to mchale gorbachev's resignation. -- to mikhail gorbachev's resignation. and on colonel teddy roosevelt. the news editor for publishers marketplace on the best sellers of 2011. monday at 7:00 p.m. tom brokaw monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern. the full booktv schedule is online booktv.org. host: we want to welcome in robert kaplan, the vice chair of goldman sachs, they offer -- author of the new book "what to ask the person in the mirror." i want to begin with the testimony of john corzine, -- of jon corzine, the former chair of mf plan will and -- of mf global and the former governor of new jersey. >> i simply do not know where the money is or why the accounts have not been reconciled today. as the chief executive officer of the mf global holding company, and ultimately had responsibility for the firm. i did not involve myself in the mechanics or the region in the clearing and selling of trades, nor was i an expert on complicated rules and regulations governing the various different operating businesses. host: from your vantage point, what happened,

and between them, they forged in this remarkable coalition that brought in mchale gorbachev -- mikhailev as a third partner and they ended the cold war. and for that reason alone, reagan and thatcher will be remembered. host: amanda foreman, did margaret thatcher talk to you for this cover story? guest: unfortunately, lady thatcher is unable to give interviews. she is very rarely seen in public. since 2003, she has had a series of strokes that have incomes passenger -- incapacitated her short-term memory. so, although she is very clear on things that happened in the past, she has difficulty having sort of a normal day-to-day conversation with people. host: cents -- since she let the prime ministership, wauconda steckler she have? guest: it has wound down. when she started off in 1990 -- don't forget, this is a woman with a tremendous verve and energy and a desire to be doing things. she was able to assemble a very efficient staff, and she was still very involved in politics. for example, she was one of the first and only invoices to call for -- only voices to call for allied interventi