Mikhail Gorbachev

minor as it was the flawed communist system or Mikhail Gorbachev’s sudden attempt to introduce change and reform the Communist system that were to be blamed (citation). This has caused a worldwide debate regarding the effects and significance of the nuclear arms race, leading to the coining of this investigation’s research question; to what extent did the nuclear arms race of the Cold War lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev in

Vietnam war, the Space Race, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. One of the highest tension points between the US and the Soviet Union was during the Cuban Missile Crisis with a US naval blockade surrounding Cuba until the removal of its nuclear weapons had started. The US issued an ultimatum to the Soviets saying” If you cross this line it will be considered an act of war”. The Russian fleet did back down from the containment line and did agree to remove nuclear weapons from communist Cuba but

Soviet Union extended its sphere of influence through military intervention after the anti-Soviet coup. Twelve years later, Prague Spring, a liberal, led the establishment of the Brezhnev Doctrine, to which the President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev nullified. By doing so, the Soviet Union ensured that the changes throughout the Eastern Block would be applied to, without resistance, the Soviet Union. The end of the Eastern Bloc came when a Solidarity movement in Poland took place, and elections

Before getting deep into the topic of communism, it helps to know what communism is. The system has six defining characteristics: a monopoly of power, rigid discipline and strict hierarchy, it contains a centralized command economy (which fixed prices on everything produced), the state owns production, also the citizen’s sense of belonging to communism, and finally, the desire of the citizen to further the communist cause. (Brown, 2) The communist system also demands total submission to the state

Tyler Higgins Professor HIS 202 20 November 2015 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 thru 1989. Reagan became a movie actor in his twenties and later became the governor of California from 1967 thru 1975. Ronald Reagan served two terms as president during which he cut taxes, increased defense spending, negotiated an agreement with the Soviet Union to reduce nuclear arms and is also recognized for bringing an end to the Cold War (Rossinow 56)

In 1989, one event occupied the spotlight around the world. The Berlin Wall, which for twenty-eight years had separated families and friends came down as thousands of people began crossing Bornholmer Bridge in northern Berlin. NBC’s Tom Brokaw could be seen on television throughout the United States saying, “A historic moment tonight. The Berlin Wall can no longer contain the East German people. Thousands pouring across at the Bronholmer bridge” (Dodds, 2014). This single event changed many things

The Cold War was an era of ideological and economic struggle characterized by the threat of nuclear of war and regional wars between the two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR. This Cold era started in 1947 at the end of World War II until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is commonly referenced as cold because it supposedly never heated up into an actual armed conflict despite some action in Korea, Afghanistan, and Vietnam. However, the ultimate and inevitable struggle occurred

There have been many conflicts and wars fought over communism and capitalism. One of the longest and intense conflicts was the Cold War. “The Cold War was a nearly 50-year long period of tense relations between the United States and the Communist-ruled Soviet Union. The Cold War began almost immediately after World War II and ended with the 1991 dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” (Turner, 2001-2014 p.1). The Soviets fought to expand communism

• October 6, 1989: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a visit to East Berlin for the 40th anniversary of the East German state humiliates the Communist regime of Erich Honecker by calling for reforms. • The East German regime and other East Bloc governments were rattled by the Soviet leader and father of perestroika. The previous June he said he supported self-determination for all European countries, appearing to renounce four decades of Soviet control over countries behind the Iron Curtain

Party while preparing for Soviet Party Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev’s trip to Beijing. Xiaoping wanted to solve the protester situation peacefully, but at the same time, he wanted them out of the Square for Gorbachev’s arrival. However, this would not be the case. On May 13, over 100 students in Tiananmen Square started a hunger strike in hopes for talks with the leaders of the Communist Party, knowing Gorbachev would arrive shortly. On May 15, Gorbachev arrived in Beijing. He was there for the first