The collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s; it was a monumental and also unique time in history. Satellite states spread‚ and a new‚ more democratic leadership took over Moscow. The fall of the Soviet Union interestingly did not occur due to successful US policies or military prowess. Instead‚ a suffering economy as a result of the expensive arms and space race‚ coupled with an unsuccessful war in Afghanistan and a series of bad harvests meant that‚ to a moderate extent‚ the collapse of the Soviet
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The Cold War developed from disagreements on the postwar European world. The Soviet Union wanted to feel secure on the western border and did not want to give up what it had gained in Eastern Europe by defeating Germany. Eastern Europe was an area of disagreement in that the United States and Great Britain were in favor of democratic freedom for the liberated nations of Eastern Europe‚ however Stalin feared this would lead to traditional anti-Soviet attitudes if they were allowed free elections and
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limit qualitative improvement of their ABM technology. The ABM Treaty was signed at Moscow May 26‚ 1972‚ and ratified by the US Senate August 3‚ 1972. Salt I: An agreement signed in 1972 by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev after the first round of Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT I)‚ held from 1969-72. It consisted of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and an Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. Salt 2: agreement dealing with limitations
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Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev is hailed as one of the greatest world leaders of all time. From a young age Gorbachev has continued to change the world socially‚ economically‚ and politically. The events leading up to Gorbachev’s resignation as president of the USSR show his leadership skills. Mikhail Gorbachev started from the bottom of the food chain but‚ with determination and phenomenal leadership skills he become president of the Soviet Union and a well-known world leader and peace advocate
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Richard Nixon’s trip to Moscow and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. However‚ the time period was also cursed by the Watergate Burglary and the Vietnam War. In May of 1972‚ President Richard Nixon flew to Moscow. He met with the Soviet leader‚ Leonid Brezhnev‚ and other Soviet officials. After four days of discussion‚ the United States and the USSR reached many agreements‚ most importantly‚ the Strategic Arms Limitation
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Osama bin Laden and Cuban Revolution The reading “Challenges to the Cold War II: The Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis” told that in 1959‚ Cuba experienced an upheaval. Before that‚ Cuba was a colony of Spain until 1898. Then it became independent with the American’s assistance. As a result‚ American power replaced over the Spanish rule. Following that‚ for decades‚ Cuba became a tourist playground of rich Americans. This became an incentive for the organized crime groups to use Cuba
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Harry Truman Years in Office: 8 | Term: 1945 - 1953 | Political Party: Democrat Domestic Affairs - Dismissed MacArthur during Korean War - Ordered desegregation of military - Executive Order 9835 - GI Bill of Rights Foreign Policy - Containment: prevent spread of Communism - Authorized atomic bomb usage - Potsdam Conference‚ Marshall Plan‚ NATO - Truman Doctrine - Korean War – domino theory – contain communism at all costs - Recognized Israel as a country Trivia - The S in Harry
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Key Terms : Potsdam Declaration ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ Manhattan Project Enola Gay J. Robert Oppenheimer Harry Truman Hiroshima and Nagasaki Isolationism USS Missouri Cold War Begin: Cold War “Communist Contagion” Iron Curtain Containment “Long Telegram” Truman Doctrine European Recovery Plan (Marshall Plan) Berlin Airlift NATO Early Cold War Domestic Politics and Society GI Bill of Rights New Deal & Fair Deal Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
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Mikhail Gorbachev’s decisive role in a Cold War’s end : Was it possible that the end of the Cold War happened without Gorbachev? Introduction The very end of the Cold War happened ’suddenly’ in 1991. A dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was consequentially connected to the Cold War’s end. However‚ The Soviet Union had a strong military power both conventionally and strategically until 1985‚ and its economy could still endure more. In 1985‚ Mikhail Gorbachev‚ the last leader
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budget between 1961 and 1998. Some of his most acclaimed achievements came in his quest for world stability. During visits in 1972 to Beijing and Moscow‚ he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R. His summit meetings with Russian leader Leonid I. Brezhnev produced a treaty to limit strategic nuclear weapons. In January 1973‚ he announced an accord with North Vietnam to end American involvement in Indochina. In 1974‚ his Secretary of State‚ Henry Kissinger‚ negotiated disengagement agreements
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