The End of the Cold War I II A Country without a Purpose The Soviet Collapse end of cold war 1 The stage is set a Authoritarianism 1 Dictatorships don t last b a weak economy 1 repression and corruption breed anger 2 inefficient economy to support troops in the cold war c a bloated military d war in Afghanistan e rampant corruption 2 Attempts at Reform by Gorbachev late 1980s a Perestroika economic reform b Glasnost free speech democratization 3 Too Little Too Late a collapse of the Berlin Wall 1989 b East Germany dissolves 1989 c Civil war in Romania 1989 1 Anticommunist rebellion 2 Romanian leader assassinated by anticommunists d The Big One Soviet Union dissolves 1991 1 Rebellions get so bad that Gorbachev resigns and the Russian Republic was born e Exceptions China Cuba a few others still III communist America and the Soviet Collapse 1 Reactions a Relief no longer scared of Soviet nuclear attacks b We did it An unwarranted ego trip c Reagan s role only one of several factors 1 Claimed his arms buildup was the reason the Soviet Union collapsed d Some people claimed that the Soviets would have fallen sooner if the US hadn t put up such a tough front e HOWEVER the Soviets fell because of their people and the protests 2 Now What Foreign Policy after the Soviets and increasing US influence abroad a Stop aiding Afghanistan El Salvador and white supremacist gov t in South Africa b invasion of Panama 1989 to oust the dictator Noriega who was helping ship cocaine into the US c the First Gulf War 1991 invasion of Iraq to stop Saddam Hussein from invading Kuwait d Bosnia mid 1990s e Iraq 2003 IV Clinton and Conservatism Centrism in the 1990s 1 George H W Bush Reagan lite 2 William J Clinton and Centrism a Clinton s liberalism Family and Medical Leave Act AmeriCorps Earned Income Tax Credit raising minimum wage attempts at universal health care etc b Clinton s conservatism middle class v poor less support for unions little support for social liberalism gay rights feminism etc and welfare reform such as the end of AFDC
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