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increasingly costly arms race, and a failed war in Afghanistan. A new generation of leadership came to power in 1985 in the person of Gorbachev. He was determined to end the Cold War and to bring economic and political reform to the Soviet Union. He initiated dramatic new agreements with the United States, involving unilateral concessions in the armaments race. He also brought an end to Soviet support of client governments in Eastern Europe and in Cuba. He relaxed the police state repression in the Soviet empire and took steps to introduce a democratic political process.
These initiatives rapidly improved relations with the United States and brought an end to the Cold War. What Gorbachev had not anticipated, however, was that, without the domination of the police and a monopoly of power in the hands of the Communist Party, the Soviet empire would collapse into 16 different national parts. Nationalism, always a potent force in the modern world, brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union by 1991.
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When Cold War began and ended?
The Cold War period lasted from the mid-1940s after Nazism has been defeated in the World War II until the end of the 1980s and ended when USSR collapsed..
Was the Holocaust a significant event in the cold war?
No... The Holocaust ended before the era called the Cold War began.
What was the Cold War and when did the Soviet Union break apart?
The Cold War started in 1945 and ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Did the cold war ends through compromise?
The cold war ended because the Soviet Union became bankrupted by their system of government.
Which of the following can be considered characteristics of Russia before the Cold War ended?
no
What treaty ended the cold war?
The Cold War unofficially ended, with no treaty.
Was the Vietnam War necessary and why?
At the time, it was part of the cold war. The cold war ended in 1990.
Is the cold war finished?
The Cold War ended many years ago, in 1991
Was Vietnam war during the cold war?
Yes. If it wasn't it wouldn't have ended the way it ended.
What wars ended in 1992?
The Gulf War was ended. The Cold War was ended. There were more. Perhaps other people could an answer.
Were did the Cold War occur and when?
The cold war was world wide; and commenced in 1945 and ended in 1990.
What was the out come of the cold war?
The primary communist leader collapsed; and the cold war ended in 1990.
When did York Cold War Bunker end?
York Cold War Bunker ended in 1991.
Did we have a World war in 1991?
No, the Cold War is considered to have ended in 1991.
What president played the key role in ending the cold war?
John Addams ended the cold war.
Was the Berlin wall one of the lasting symbols of the cold war?
yes it was. in fact it ended the cold war
What Happened Before the Cold War?
The Cold War began after the Second World War ended in Germany and Japan's defeat.
