The End of the Cold War and its aftermath 1. Overview 2. The fall of the Iron Curtain 3. After the Cold War 4. The US and the world after the Cold War 5. Review The fall of the Iron Curtain Reading Mikhail Gorbachev addressing the UN General Assembly, 1988 Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions: What do the terms detente, perestroika and glasnost mean? What factors contributed to Gorbachev’s desire to normalize international relations? Steven Kreis, ‘1989: The Walls Came Tumbling Down’, The History Guide: Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe, 13 April 2012. Demonstrate your learning from this reading by posting a comment for your fellow students in WEnotes below. For example: Khrushchev … Communist ideology became … You must be logged in to post to WEnotes. (Visit the course feed to read comments from participants) ← Previous Next →
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Steven Kreis, ‘1989: The Walls Came Tumbling Down’, The History Guide: Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe, 13 April 2012.
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