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Reagan's foreign policy objectives
When reagan became president in 1...,
What were reagans three foreign p...,
What were the relevant policies o...
3  cards
The Reagan Doctrine
How did reagan hope to weaken the...,
What did reagans commitments to w...,
Give an example of the reagan doc...
3  cards
Changing diplomacy
What was the most important chang...,
What did reagan believe about pre...,
What did reagan believe about sup...
12  cards
Trade restrictions
What did reagan introduce,
What did reagan restrict in decem...,
What did reagan restrict in june ...
3  cards
SDI
What did reagan initiate in 1984,
What was reagan prepared to do,
Why did star wars put the us in a...
3  cards
Reagan's foreign policy and the end of the Cold War
What was regans foreign policy no...,
Why did reagans policy play a maj...,
How was the reagan doctrine signi...
8  cards
The USSR and EE
What happened to the ussr during ...,
What meant that brezhnev found it...
2  cards
Poland, 1980-81
What did economic problems in pol...,
What did the soviet invasion of a...,
What implied a rejection of the b...
6  cards
The role of Pope John Paul 2
Why was the election of pope john...,
What became a focal point for ant...,
What did the popes visit to polan...
6  cards
Instability in the USSR, 1980-84
During 1980 84 what was happening...,
Why was the soviet leadership una...,
What did the weakness at the top ...
3  cards
Gorbachev and the New Thinking
When did mikhail gorbachev become...,
What was gorbachev willing to admit,
What was gorbachevs solution to e...
5  cards
Nuclear diplomacy
What did gorbachev seek to reduce,
What did gorbachev and reagan try...,
What happened at the geneva summi...
6  cards
The role of Margaret Thatcher
How did thatcher help reagan in h...,
What else did thatcher help do,
What played a role in reagans app...
3  cards
The end of the CW
What happened in the period 1987 9,
What had happened by 9 november 1980,
What surprised politicians and ex...
3  cards
Gorbachev's final reforms
How did gorbachev extend perestro...,
What was gorbachevs most signific...
2  cards
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Which countries were the first to...,
Why was the fall of communism in ...,
In september 1989 how many east g...
6  cards
The fall of communism in EE
What happened to communist regime...
1  cards
Gorbachev's role in the collapse of communism
How did gorbachev initially play ...,
What did gorbachev essentially imply,
What happened to communism once f...
5  cards
The US role in the collapse of communism
During 1989 what did us president...,
What was george h w bush praised for
2  cards
The fall of the USSR
What did gorbachev and bust not t...,
What did nationalist countries in...,
How did some communist hard liner...
5  cards
Reagan and the triumphalists
What does the triumphalist argume...,
Why did the ussr have to abandon ...,
What did reagans us defence budge...
9  cards
Criticism of the triumphalist interpretation
What have numerous historians and...,
From 1982 to 1984 how was reagans...,
What does reagans offer to share ...
6  cards
Margaret Thatcher
What do many triumphalist histori...,
What did thatcher support
2  cards
Thatcher's support for Reagan's policies
Give an example of when thatcher ...,
What did thatcher permit from nov...,
What did thatcher act as
8  cards
Pope John Paul II
How did the polish pope john paul...,
When were pope john paul iis visi...,
Give an example of how pope john ...
11  cards
The pro-Gorbachev view
Why do historians stress gorbache...,
What did gorbachev pursue,
What did gorbachev do in 1987
15  cards
Criticism of the pro-Gorbachev interpretation
Why has the pro gorbachev interpr...,
What was beyond one leaders abili...,
What does the pro gorbachev view ...
5  cards
The role of key personalities interpretation: an overall assessment
What does the interpretation focu...,
What is this approach particularl...,
What can personality based explan...
4  cards
The economic burden of the USSR
What did east west conflict impose,
What have many historians argued ...
2  cards
The stagnant Soviet economy
Almost until the very end of the ...,
In 1959 what did khrushchev famou...,
In 1967 what did the ussr predict
14  cards
Technological backwardness
What was the technological positi...,
What did the west impose on the s...,
What did the usa ban in 1974
11  cards
A costly empire
What did the soviet empire act as,
In theory what should the su have...,
What did the soviets favourable t...
7  cards
The arms race
What did the arms race impose,
What was a problem with the su,
What happened to the ussrs defenc...
11  cards
The economic factors' interpretation: an overall assessment
What does this interpretation foc...,
What is this approach particularl...,
What was happening before gorbach...
5  cards
People power in the Soviet Bloc
What played an important role in ...,
What broke he communist regimes m...,
What does the people power interp...
10  cards
Why did popular discontent grow in Eastern Europe in the 1980s?
What encouraged many east europea...,
What did growing trade links with...,
Why did east european living stan...
11  cards
Did people power end the Cold War?
What did the speedy and largely p...,
How did popular pressure push the...,
What did gorbachev abandon
6  cards
The moral bankruptcy of communism
What do many historians agree abo...,
What factors had seriously eroded...,
What did the undermining process ...
3  cards
A privileged and corrupt elite
What emerged in the ussr,
What two groups was soviet societ...,
Within the communist party which ...
7  cards
An alienated population
What did the ordianry citizens of...,
What did the deficiencies in the ...,
In public why did most people con...
5  cards
Abuse of human rights
What did the helsinki accords 197...,
What did the soviet leadership ca...,
What did the helsinki accords enc...
8  cards
Empire by rape
How was the soviet bloc and empir...,
What were the results of having a...,
What events reinforced the idea o...
5  cards
The moral bankruptcy interpretation: an overall assessment
What is this approach particularl...,
What does this interpretation inform,
What happened until gorbachev
6  cards

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