Coup in Russia
Gorbachev’s Mistakes
· Anti-alcohol campaign.
· Investment in machinery and tool industry with too little return.
· Glasnost backfired in that people began hoarding common good.
· Deficit grew annually.
· He continued the war in Afghanistan too long.
· His high ranking official based on loyalty rather than reformed mindfulness.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
· Erich Honecker, east German leader ran on of the most repressive Soviet satellite states.
· In the fall of 1989, thousands of demonstrators demanded greater freedoms.
· Honecker order his troops to fire on crowd, but the men in his own government opposed his orders and had him replaced by Eron Krenz, who introduced open and free elections.
German Reunification.
· The West German Christian Democratic Party, led my Helmut Kohl won on a reunification platform.
· 30 October, 1990 the two Germany’s became one with Kohl as chancellor.
· Anti-alcohol campaign.
· Investment in machinery and tool industry with too little return.
· Glasnost backfired in that people began hoarding common good.
· Deficit grew annually.
· He continued the war in Afghanistan too long.
· His high ranking official based on loyalty rather than reformed mindfulness.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
· Erich Honecker, east German leader ran on of the most repressive Soviet satellite states.
· In the fall of 1989, thousands of demonstrators demanded greater freedoms.
· Honecker order his troops to fire on crowd, but the men in his own government opposed his orders and had him replaced by Eron Krenz, who introduced open and free elections.
German Reunification.
· The West German Christian Democratic Party, led my Helmut Kohl won on a reunification platform.
· 30 October, 1990 the two Germany’s became one with Kohl as chancellor.
The Death of Communism in Russia
"In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance."
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Subjunctive Question: Consider an alternate vision of the world: What if all countries had followed, in a manner more loyal than those of Russia or China, the political template of Marx; Would our recent economic/ international problems have been eliminated? Can we make an judgement about Marx's political theory based on the success or failure of the USSR?
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