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Gorbachev And Eastern Europe.

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EASTERN EUROPE

THE END OF AN ERA.
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THE USSR RETREATED

  • The Brezhnev Doctrine was a political burden
  • And a constant threat.
  • After 1986, the USSR abandoned the Brezhnev Doctrine
  • Socialist States crumbled after 1986.
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SOCIALISM DECAY WITHIN EASTERN EUROPE

  • The USSR and her satellite states faced similar struggles
  • The apparatchik could not longer maintain control
  • Without USSRs military support
  • Eastern European countries felt free at last
  • The path to democracy was straightforward

A SHORT OVERVIEW.

  • The Glasnost awakened the political opposition
  • Czech and Poland easily got rid of their socialist past.
  • Popular revolt, demonstrations and elections
  • Were the tools to overthrown socialist regimes.
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THE SINATRA DOCTRINE

  • "Do it your way"
  • To the eyes of society the economical changes
  • Were their gateway to democracy and freedom.
  • A civil rights movement triumph
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