End of the Cold War

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• End of the Cold War

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November 7 8, 1989 - Fall of Berlin Wall
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• America and the Waning of the Cold War
• Nixon and Brandt
• Détente and Östpolitik
• Carter and Schmidt
• 1977, Soviet SS-20 Deployment
• 1979, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
• 1979, Dual Track" policy
• Increase in Defense Spending
• Die Gruenen

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• Reagan and Gorbachev
• INF Treaty
• Star Wars
• Maintenance of Carter Level of Defense Spending

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Mikhail Gorbachev General Secretary 1985-1991

• The Fall of the Soviet Union
• 1986 Glasnost (Openness)
• 1986 Perestroika (Transformation)
• November 8, 1989 - Fall of Berlin Wall
• August,21 1991 - Coup d'etat

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• The Fading of the Reagan Revolution
• Corruption and Scandal
• Iran-Contra Scandal

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• America and the Waning of the Cold War
• The Bush Presidency
• The Cinderella War

George Bush (Library of Congress)