PPT-Gorbachev, Glasnost and Perestroika

Communism in Crisis 19761989 Big Picture Gorbachev unilaterally ended the Cold war The soviet system could no longer sustain itself and compete with the USA The Soviet system had become too entrenched in conservative authoritarianism to make the necessary reforms. relyoninferencesderivedfromdataaggregatedacrossusers.Whilesuchresultsareaccurateonaggregate,theycouldbeincorrectwhenappliedtoanindividualuser.Third,thesystemmustevolvewithISPpractices.Oth-erwise,Glasn in. Middle Eastern Affairs. Original. Primary Sources available at http. ://bushlibrary.tamu.edu . and http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/. (Select . Exhibits, George H.W. Bush, Persian Gulf War: In-Depth International Perspectives). On 17-18 December 1986, a students’ uprising took place in Almaty, the capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (KazSSR). The pretext for the riots (commonly referred to as the December ev Reflections and thoughts from the article:. “How to Lose a Country Gracefully,” by Bill Keller. March 1, 2011. New York Times. First, Some Facts About several leaders And difficult times. 1985 .  Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the USSR. . Economic issues. . Calls for political reform (first paragraph). . Read . p163-4. and make . 5 bullet points . on each.. What happened in specific countries? . – short presentation. . East Germany.. Communism in Crisis (1976-1989). Big Picture. Gorbachev unilaterally ended the Cold war. The soviet system could no longer sustain itself and compete with the USA. The Soviet system had become too entrenched in conservative authoritarianism to make the necessary reforms. Domestic Policy. What two options could the Reagan administration do in order to combat stagflation?. Raise interest rates. Supply-side economics = cut taxes. What is Reganomics? Explain how it worked.. W - . 5. Lessons and Legacies. Vietnam. Détente. Economic shocks. The end of the Cold war. Vietnam: A profound FP setback. Robert McNamara, . In retrospect. The power of nationalism. Ignorance of history, culture and politics. Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe. Cold War Predictions. Why did the Soviet Union “lose” the Cold War?. Why did Communism collapse inside . Russia?. Remember:. Deterrence...led to?. Summarize . perestroika.. Was it effective? Explain!. Summarize . glasnost. . Was it effective? Explain!. THINKER: . Make a prediction .  How would . Gorbachev’s . policies impact the governments of Soviet Satellite States?. EQ: What events led to the end of the Cold War and how did it impact the countries involved?. July, 1975: Apollo-. Suyez. Test Project. This was a joint venture between the USA and USSR.. The Apollo (American) and Soviet (Soviet) space vehicles merged in space for 5 days and the crewmen of both ships worked together. Direct communications (phone) established. Kennedy’s ‘. Pax. Americana’. What kind of peace do we seek? Not a . Pax. Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war….I speak of peace because of the new face of war. Total war makes no sense in an age when great powers can maintain large and relatively invulnerable nuclear forces and refuse to surrender without resort to those forces.. \"B.O.O.K.$ Angels in America Part One Millennium Approaches Part Two Perestroika NHB Modern Plays ^R.E.A.D.^

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\" 1) Détente- The easing of strained relations . (US and USSR). 2)Ronald Reagan- President of the United States who. . helped end the Cold War. 3) Politburo- Ruling Committee for the Communist .