POLS 375 Lecture Notes - Gulf War, Brezhnev Doctrine, Mikhail Gorbachev

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Would be less sharp during his second term. Reagan"s second term was increasingly acceptable of the soviets. Gorbachev, the soviet leader, was willing to become more accommodating to the u. s. in order to save cash money. He also proposed a withdrawal of nuclear weapons and reagan agreed to the idea of both countries withdrawing their nuclear weapons. Reagan"s advisors jumped on him, and the united states reneged on the deal. Both countries eventually agreed to reduce the amount of weapons they had. Was reagan"s vice president and won the republican nomination. Bush would become the president for one term before losing to bill clinton. Had fought reagan for republican nomination, but lost . Was not ideologue and had a lot of international experience: Soviet union and political, military and economic commitments all over the world. To vietnam, cambodia, laos, etc. and most of the eastern european states.

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