Changing attitudes
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- Changing attitudes
- Ronald Reagan became US president in 1981, believed the US had a mission to win the Cold War.
- Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, recognised the USSR could not win the Cold War.
- Together, they would bring the Cold War to an end within a few years.
- Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, recognised the USSR could not win the Cold War.
- Reagan and the 'Evil Empire'
- Reagan made no efforts to get détente up and running again
- He described the USSR as an 'Evil Empire'
- Kick-started the arms race again
- US technology was developing fast in the 1980s, especially computing
- USA poured money into developing new missile technology
- Crisis in the Soviet Union
- Could not keep up with the US
- Economy was in poor shape, spent so much on weapons
- Bogged down in the war with Afghanistan
- Living standards very low across the Eastern bloc
- Did not have USA's computing expertise
- Could not keep pace with the USA's new missile technology
- Geneva, Nov 1958
- Gorbachev and Reagan met at the Geneva Summit
- Two men got on well and agreed to have more meetings
- Reagan's change of heart
- Public opinions was against arms race, especially in Europe
- Gorbachev was popular, there was 'Gorbymania' in W.Europe and even in the US
- Reagan liked Gorbachev and was prepared to work with him to improve US-Soviet relations. Margaret Thatcher described Ronald Reagan as a man he could do business with
- Significance of Gorbachev's and Reagan's changing attitudes
- Represented an easing of Cold War tensions
- Led to greater cooperation between the US and the Soviet Union
- Led to arms control agreement, the INF Treaty and START 1
- Ronald Reagan became US president in 1981, believed the US had a mission to win the Cold War.
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