What did this collapse entail for those countries formerly under communism?
2007-11-26 07:07:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Military Buildup in US and support by Great Britain (i.e. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher). Check out some of Thatcher's speeches. She gives all of the credit to Reagan.
Obviously it is ultimately economic and the lack of spending on infrastructure after WW2 definitely caused them problems in the 70's and then the '80s. Just look at the US and Europe's transportation capability growth during the '50s. It was explosive.
2007-11-26 07:43:12 · answer #1 · answered by serf_tide 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ultimately it was the war between the soviet union and Afghanistan that started the demise of soviet union,the US had a hand in that when we provided weapons and technical support.the war took about 10 years and really drained the soviet economy which wasnt sound to begin with..
2007-11-26 19:28:14 · answer #2 · answered by cantonbound 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Global warming
2007-11-26 15:14:17 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Cool 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
glasnost and perestroika...the spelling on that may be really wrong
that was openess with the west and a small amount of free market enterprise
2007-11-26 15:16:50 · answer #4 · answered by fuellover2002 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its because the people thought that the idea of Communism was wrong. they wanted more freedom.
2007-11-26 16:10:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The question is, what made this idiotic state work for so long?
2007-11-26 15:45:19 · answer #6 · answered by mai-ling 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Glasnost....
2007-11-26 15:36:41 · answer #7 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
global warming...
ROFLMAO
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2007-11-26 15:19:33 · answer #8 · answered by Bill W 【ツ】 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋