POL208Y1 Lecture : lecture sept 14, 21, 28
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Three important historic events: drop the bomb ( aug 6th,19450, fall of the berlin wall , september 11,2001. No one ever predicted the fall of the wall. Left everyone surprised even germans: to negotiate arms control, decrease the pressure of soviet union, to save russian economy. Gorbachev wanted to focus on domestic economy. www. notesolution. com: hungarian abandoned control on border on austria. I t brought massive immigration to easter europe as it was a ticket to free world. I t allowed unification of eu: non tangible elements, flow of information existed between east and west germany like tv station streamed in east germany and west germany. West germany supplied first aids to east germany. September 11, 2002: fail of intelligence in us, there was plenty of information, have seen movement but not operational, the way al qaida did it was out of blue.
