End of the Cold War revision

Aim: to save the USSR

Initial problems: 

• Weak economy
• Spending too much money eg Afghan War, Arms Race etc
  
• Low popularity of Communism

Policies used to solve problems:

• Glastnost-Freedoms eg freedom of speech and freedom to criticise government allowed
• Perestroika- More economic freedom, less government control eg competition allowed
• Arms talks with the US eg Washington talks where INF Treaty was made
• INF Treaty scrapped mid-range nuclear missiles
• "Sinatra Doctrine" removed troops from Satellite states and ended Brezhnev Doctrine
• Gradually withdrew troops from Afghanistan 

Fall of Berlin Wall

• Communism unpopular-protests began to remove it
• Economic problems eg lack of goods in shops and Perestroika made this worse
• Public broke down the wall which was a political symbol of freedom and unity as it fell
• Broken down wall was on 9th Nov 1989

Fall of the USSR

• 1991- 9 hardline Communists decide to remove Gorbachev
• Communists lose support
• Coup failed and Communist party was banned but Gorby resigns 2 days later

• Disagreed with Detente
• Anti-Communist
• Called the USSR an "evil empire"

Aim: to end the Cold War

Methods used:

• Planned S.D.I or "Star Wars" to be used as an anti-nuclear defence
• Put pressure on the USSR to make them back down 
  
• Increased military defence spending
• Adopted an aggressive rhetoric to threaten the USSR

• Disagreed with Detente
• Anti-Communist
• Called the USSR an "evil empire"

Aim: to end the Cold War

Methods used:

• Planned S.D.I or "Star Wars" to be used as an anti-nuclear defence
• Put pressure on the USSR to make them back down 
  
• Increased military defence spending
• Adopted an aggressive rhetoric to threaten the USSR