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Thirty-five States, including the USA, Canada, and most European states except Albania and Andorra, signed the declaration in an attempt to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West. The Helsinki Accords, however, were not binding as they did not have treaty status.
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A man that had an iron determination to restore American military power. He launched the largest peacetime military buildup in American history.
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A five year defense program that is worth $1.5 trillion.
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A defense system that intercepts the nuclear missilee that is in air and destroys it before it reaches it's destination.
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The NATO nuclear warfare procedure scared the Soviets and Reagan and had a sobering effect on Reagan as seen by his speech in Jan 1984 where he called for "constructive cooperation" with the USSR.
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The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev that eventuallly led to the signing of the INF Treaty.
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During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in a speech: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (The Berlin Wall).
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John Paul II was one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. He is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe.
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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987.
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He endorsed the principle of "freedom of choice" for citizens throughout the world. Many observers interpreted these words as a signal that Moscow was prepared to loosen its iron grip on its satellites in Eastern Europe. Gorbachev announces in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that the Soviet Union will no longer militarily interfere with Eastern Europe.
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Poland became the first country of the Eastern Bloc in which democratically elected representatives gained real power, paving way for the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
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It marked the end of the division in Europe.
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Proposed by President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, the proposal was an attempt to avert the collapse of the Soviet Union. The proposal was never implemented in the wake of the August Coup and the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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a coup d'état attempt by a group of members of the Soviet Union's government to take control of the country from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.
