HIS344Y1 Lecture : March 15th
Document Summary
Jan 1989, when bush was asked, after seeing gorbachev reforms, whether there was an end to the cold war: Look at europe: in europe, the tension remained very much the same. The confrontation remained the same, and the division of europe remained the same as established in late 40s. Even after gorbachev came to power, a month after (late april 1985), the. Warsaw pact was renewed for another 20 years: gorbachev never thought cold war would end there, indication from soviet union, europe would remain divided. Cold war tension existed was based on the division of europe, it was a central part to the cold war. As long as there were two opposing military alliances, the cold war would still be in effect. Gorbachev and soviet union did not think the cold war would come to an end, even the west did not foresee such a change.
