The end of the Cold War
Did confrontation rather than reconciliation end the Cold War?
Discuss with reference to the period from 1980 until 1991.
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The collapse of the Eastern block: Backround
Group work
A: 4.1. Eastern European dissent (Comparisons between Poland and Czechoslovakia) < 189 - 193
B: 4.3. Gorbachev’s policies (Changes on domestic and foreign policies, treatment of opposition) > pgs 197 - 201
A: 4.1. Eastern European dissent (Comparisons between Poland and Czechoslovakia) < 189 - 193
B: 4.3. Gorbachev’s policies (Changes on domestic and foreign policies, treatment of opposition) > pgs 197 - 201
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From new tensions to the collapse of the communist bloc
The Wall Comes Down 1989 | Cold War documentary
TASKS while watching the attached video (click the title):
• 1) Make a list of main events in the eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s.
• 2) Study the impact of the following on the collapse of the communist regimes:
a) the dissidents/ opposition
b) ordinary citizens
c) the governments/ political leaders of the People’s Democracies
d) Mikhail Gorbachev/ the USSR
e) The West, esp. the USA
KEY TERMS: change, cause, consequence, significance, perspectives
• 1) Make a list of main events in the eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s.
• 2) Study the impact of the following on the collapse of the communist regimes:
a) the dissidents/ opposition
b) ordinary citizens
c) the governments/ political leaders of the People’s Democracies
d) Mikhail Gorbachev/ the USSR
e) The West, esp. the USA
KEY TERMS: change, cause, consequence, significance, perspectives
A ’New Cold War’ at the early 1980s
Was there a ”Second Cold War” after the years of Detente? [6 min]
1. US-Soviet Relations, 1981–1991 | Article
On textbook pages 194-196, 200-201.
2. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, 1989 | Article
On textbook pages 203-210.
3. The Collapse of the Soviet Union | Article
On textbook pages 211-213.
Conclusions 1989-1991 | Cold War documentary
28:00> a coup against Gorbachev (Aug 1991) >> the end of the USSR (Dec 1991) <36:30 >> Overview on the impact of the Cold War.
Epilogues
'The man who lost an empire' | An interview with Mikhail Gorbachev
BBC, 13 December 2016.
'Could Mikhail Gorbachev Have Saved the Soviet Union?'
By Chris Miller. Foreign Policy, 21 December 2016.
'The Best and Worst Foreign Policy Presidents of the Past Century'
...according to Michael Cohen. The Atlantic, 30 June 2011.
'George Kennan Is Still the Russia Expert America Needs'
By Matthew Rojansky. Foreign Policy, 22 December 2016.
Sphere of influence: Russia's foreign policy
Foreign Policy Association (26 min)