L97 IAS 3680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Warsaw Pact, Mikhail Gorbachev, First Indochina War
21 Dec 2020
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On christmas day, 1991, the last premier of the soviet union gave up his duty as leader of the ussr. The soviet red flag was lowered from the kremlin for the first time in history. After half a century, the cold war had finally come to an end. Cold war validated the superiority of the. Communist and socialist ideology series of modern leaders, china was able to create an economically powerful state that was still authoritarian and. During cold war it was not successful. Signed a friendship pact in 1950 with ussr that only lasted 15 years. Began the process of rebuilding after the cold war and is now a powerhouse. Most successful military alliance in the history of the world the cold war to wrap up. Soviet military hegemony in europe after a war with china. Taiwan belongs to china and will return to china. Taiwan is the most important country from a western point of view.
