VCE History Revolutions 2024 Unit 2 AOS 1: 'The Cold War' Evidence

What was Glasnost and how did it impact the Cold War?

A polilicy of openness and freedom, introduced by Mikhail Gorbochev in the 1980s. ‘We wanted to reform by launching a democratic process.’

What was Perestroika and how did it impact the Cold War?

Economic reform, launched in 1987. An end to state control of the economy.

Gorbachev quotes.

‘We can’t go on living like this.’

Domestic pressures of the U.S.A on Vietnam War?

58,000 US soldiers, 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers, 1 million North Vietnamese, 2 million civilians. $176 billion.

Proxy Wars

15,000 Soviet soldiers died, 70,000 Afghan soldiers, 3 million civilians dead.

Arms Race

MAD by 1960.

Missile Crisis

How does Gorbachev end war?

Geneva, Reykjavik and Washinton summits. Allows Soviet countries to choose to reject communism under Brezhnev Doctrine. When the Berlin Wall fell, the Cold War was esentially over. 9 November 1989.