The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism to the whole world. The West had a capitalist system and tried to limit the spread of communism. This created the environment for hostility between the two factions.
The easing of relations between the East and West during the Cold War was termed "detente." This period, which began in the late 1960s and lasted into the 1970s, was characterized by a reduction in hostilities, increased diplomatic communication, and various arms control agreements, such as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). Detente aimed to stabilize international relations and reduce the risk of nuclear conflict between the superpowers, primarily the United States and the Soviet Union.
There are several factors that lead to the end of the Cold War. These include the weakness of USSR's economy, 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, rivalry between the US & USSR and lastly, US's containment Policy.
The fall of the soviet union
Commy countries led by the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union and the United States.
Jane Tabrisky Degras has written: 'Soviet documents on foreign policy' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'Calendar of Soviet documents on foreign policy, 1917-1941' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Foreign relations, Sources
Soviet foreign policy was essentially the cause of the Cold War. Their ambition to forcefully take countries and demolish the free market motivated the conflict.
Herbert S. Dinerstein has written: 'War and the Soviet Union' -- subject(s): Military policy, Nuclear warfare 'Communism and the Russian peasant' -- subject(s): Peasantry, World War, 1939-1945 'Fifty years of Soviet foreign policy' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'The Soviet employment of military strength for political purposes' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Military policy 'Leadership in Soviet agriculture and the Communist Party. 2 September 1952' 'Soviet policy in Latin America'
John Malcolm Mackintosh has written: 'Strategy and tactics of Soviet foreign policy' -- subject(s): Foreign relations
W. Scott Thompson has written: 'Unequal partners' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'Ghana's foreign policy, 1957-1966' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'The projection of Soviet power' -- subject(s): Military policy, Defenses
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Roy Allison has written: 'Finland's relations with the Soviet Union, 1944-84' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'Radical Reform in Soviet Defense Policy' 'Peacekeeping in the Soviet successor states' -- subject(s): International Security, Military policy, National security, Peace
J. L. Black has written: 'Soviet perception of Canada, 1917-1987' -- subject(s): Attitudes, Bibliography, Canadianists, Foreign news, Foreign public opinion, Russian, Foreign public opinion, Soviet, History, Journalists, Public opinion, Relations, Russian Foreign public opinion, Scholars, Soviet Foreign public opinion 'Nearly Neighbours' 'Soviet newspaper reporting on Canada, 1945-1987' -- subject(s): Foreign public opinion, Soviet, Press, Soviet Foreign public opinion 'Canadian-Russian relations' -- subject(s): Congresses, Foreign relations 'Canadian-Soviet relations, 1917-1985' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Relations 'Soviet-Canadian relations, 1917-1985' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Foreign relations
Neil Malcolm has written: 'Soviet policy perspectives on Western Europe' -- subject(s): Foreign relations
Max M. Laserson has written: 'The Curzon Line' 'The development of Soviet foreign policy in Europe' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'The American impact on Russia, 1784-1917' -- subject(s): Foreign relations
Vernon V. Aspaturian has written: 'Process and power in Soviet foreign policy' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'The Soviet Union in the world communist system' -- subject(s): Communism
Not a thing. Soviet foreign policy never had any of Gerber chiefs.