TRN410H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Andrei Gromyko, Zeitgeist, Rob Ford
30 Apr 2016
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Sense that cold war was a never ending conflict is ending. At the time, the end of the cold war came as a surprise. No one ever imagined there would be a unified germany under western control. Dictatorships in countries like south korea, philippines and most of la stepped aside for some semblance of democratic rule and control. Other developments apartheid was ending in south africa. Zeitgeist of the 1980s move towards democratization. Each context is unique and each story has its own narrative. As cold war declined people were freer to challenge the status quo. Sense that the us had to talk to the su. First leader to take a serious glance at the entire system. During this time, g wanted to save the socialist system. Both reagan and gorbachev after the war scare. In taking radical, and forward steps in the mid-late 1980s faced significant opposition in their lead party circles.
