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The End of the Cold War (Africa and South America 1975-83 (Angola…
The End of the Cold War
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'New Cold War' 1979-85
Solidarity crisis in Poland 1980-81
Soviet troops occupied Afghanistan
Deployment of missiles in Western Europe
Gorbachev
Problems faced
Collapse of detente led to expensive arms race
The SDI Project
Global overstretch of Soviet power
The Afghan War
Weakness of the Soviet economy
Gorbachev decided to end the Cold War, reform the Soviet economy, and hope that a more human face of communism would appeal to Eastern Europe
Solutions
Accepted human rights
Withdrew medium-range missiles from Europe
Soviet troops left Afghanistan
Scaled down involvement and sought agreements on Cambodia, Nicaragua, Angola, Ethiopia
Ended Sino-Soviet dispute 1989
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