Cold War §
- A war between US and Soviet Union
- It was fought through proxy wars
- Led to bandwagoning and alliance building of small states joining one side or the other
Why did the Cold War End 1 §
- Different scholar arguments
- The build-up of US’s arms led Moscow to change its resolve, convinced rational Soviet leaders to make the concessions to end the Cold War
- The growing difference of power-balance
- Argued by conservatives Has no evidence
- The incoming “New Thinking” of Gorbachev that protracted war was a waste of resources and that USSR should rejoin Europe for economic development
- Argued by liberals with evidence of discussions among Soviet leaders
- Notes of Politburo meetings
- Interviews with Gorbachev and his principle advisors from 1986-1992
- Interviews with former Eastern European officials reporting their discussions with the Soviet leadership
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