HIST 1002 Lecture Notes - Falklands War, Brezhnev Doctrine, Mikhail Gorbachev
Document Summary
Cut back on some of the government"s subsidies: iron lady . Had certain amount of ruthlessness in her in politics: austerity measures. Was really looking to trim fat not spent too much on welfare state: the falklands war april 1982. Britain went to war with argentina who invaded falklands islands. Some thought thatcher wanted to bring back england glory by winning the war: london modernized. London modernized, became a top financial capital in europe. Change in architecture, banking sector grew under thatcher. The soviet union: the brezhnev doctrine, leonid brezhnev (1964, doctrine that came to agreement with us to limit nuclear arms, lays out clearly that all communists regime must retain communist governments. If any regime is overthrown, all other soviet bloc countries will retaliate: in may 1972, washington and moscow reached an agreement to limit nuclear arms, helsinki act soviets agreed to comply to human rights norms. Signed with us and europe: lack of dynamism in leadership, yuri andropov.
