The End of the Cold War. 1985-1991
58 THE END OF THE COLD WAR What they had, they intended to keep. They did not want to ‘lose’ Afghanistan, Eastern Europe or eve ...
SYMPTOMS RECOGNIZED, CURES REJECTED 59 keyboards were just a few examples among many. There was very little of this in the USSR, ...
60 THE END OF THE COLD WAR The USSR’s usual way of easing its difficulties was to sell more oil and gas abroad. The growing prob ...
SYMPTOMS RECOGNIZED, CURES REJECTED 61 would be urged to carry out their duties conscientiously; officials would be threatened w ...
62 THE END OF THE COLD WAR mischief. While preserving the East European economic lifeline, Andropov was determined to avoid any ...
SYMPTOMS RECOGNIZED, CURES REJECTED 63 Pelshe commented that the man who most needed to look after him- self was none other than ...
64 THE END OF THE COLD WAR of agriculture and rapid industrialization as well as the victory in the Second World War. His object ...
6. CRACKS IN THE ICE: EASTERN EUROPE While the global rivalry with America intensified, Eastern Europe became more troublesome f ...
66 THE END OF THE COLD WAR calling time on the Warsaw communist authorities and refusing to ease the rescheduling.^1 Reagan foll ...
CRACKS IN THE ICE: EASTERN EUROPE 67 districts were put on permanent alert. If any of the Polish armed forces showed signs of di ...
68 THE END OF THE COLD WAR I think that the main thing you now need is to select for your- self some reliable assistants from th ...
CRACKS IN THE ICE: EASTERN EUROPE 69 signal from the Polish communist leadership that they remained com- mitted to communism. He ...
70 THE END OF THE COLD WAR visit to Poland in August 1983. Having spent years combating com- munism as Archbishop of Kraków, he ...
CRACKS IN THE ICE: EASTERN EUROPE 71 vest more efficiently – it improves their economic conditions.’ Reagan disliked the idea of ...
72 THE END OF THE COLD WAR production! Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic sat together as beer producers; Bulgari ...
CRACKS IN THE ICE: EASTERN EUROPE 73 Here you are, for instance, grumbling that we’re taking credits from the West and sliding i ...
74 THE END OF THE COLD WAR drawing attention to a genuine problem even though they did not like his practical recommendation. An ...
CRACKS IN THE ICE: EASTERN EUROPE 75 Brezhnev paid an official visit in 1975 with a view towards salvaging warmer links with Rom ...
76 THE END OF THE COLD WAR had done the same. The USSR’s policy supposedly was defensive and re active.^54 The Hungarians hardly ...
7. THE SOVIET QUARANTINE The struggle between communism and capitalism was not restricted to economics. America and the USSR cla ...
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