End of the Cold War
- Created by: Hannah Thurston
- Created on: 12-04-16 07:56
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- End of the Cold War
- Gorbachev
- Leader in March 1985
- Reforms
- Glasnost= openness in government (allow criticism)
- Perestroika= changing economic policies, allowing competition
- More freedom he gave- more people demanded
- Sinatra Doctrine 1989
- Rejected Brezhnev doctrine
- Allowed Warsaw Pact countries to make changes
- Arms race
- USSR economic problems
- Couldn't keep spending on defence
- SDI- USA superiority
- START 1990
- reduced to 1600 delivery vehicles
- 600 warheads
- 4900 ballistic missiles
- INF treaty 1987
- removed medium range weapons from Europe
- Increase popularity in the west
- Allow economic recovery
- USSR economic problems
- Gorbachev
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