Mikhail Gorbachev

“Tear down this wall” was once said by a former president trying to end the cold war. Ronald Reagan was one of the greatest presidents of all time. The American people had affection and love for him. He was in the presidential office for eight years straight. Ronald Reagan is important because as a former president he was great leader,wonderful character, and strengthen world peace. First of all, Ronald Reagan had great leadership that helped America restore itself. As a president he learned…

Section A: Plan of Investigation The question that will be answered in this essay is: To what extent did the British Empire reassert its power as a result of the Falklands War of 1982? The war, which was a decisive victory for the British over the Argentines, was its first military victory since the second world war. To determine the extent the following pieces will be included: Margaret Thatcher’s desire to promote increased military spending,, and the democratic and diplomatic outcomes of the…

Ronald Reagan was an outstanding speaker that captured the attention of every audience member in attendance during his 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. He used the German language in his speech to relate to Berlin's people and to show he respected their culture. He explained that yes, he is an American, but he used the words “you” and “I” in his speech to express that he wanted to help the people in the East. Reagan used many rhetorical questions in his speech to challenge the…

Immediate changes resulting from the successful Reagan-Gorbachev Compromise include the Soviet troop withdrawal out of Afghanistan and the ending of civil conflicts in Angola, Ethiopia, and Southeast Asia, leading to negotiated settlements. Positive effects of the Reagan-Gorbachev Compromise include the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the development of technologies for nuclear power and energy, and the use of radiation for improving medical treatment and health. The negative effects…

However, perestroika did not occur without consequences. The privatization movement of the perestroika reform allowed for the formation of a new class the oligarchs. The lack of legal safeguards of privatization allowed the mafia, which had the financial means and the political connections, to gain ownership and control over key industries of the Russian economy. “The problem is the economic liberalization in Russia, even in the narrowest sense of legalizing private business activity, is far…

Identity-based social movements have generated many times across different regions of the world. These movements have helped bring social, political and structural changes and have led to different types of political outcomes. For example, in the case of the former Soviet Union, policy change leading to the fall of the U.S.S.R in the early 1990s, the marginalization of minorities by the State of Mississippi in the 1960s during the Civil Rights movements, or perhaps the case of Nazi Germany’s…

transformation of the collapse of the Cold War was realized when a great power abandoned territory, which this . This statement greatly represents realism. The explanation of the fall of the Soviet Union would be to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Gorbachev and other central decisions that were made in the state such as the strengths and weaknesses of socialism, and national sentiments of the Soviet Union, but to understand the events in world politics we must understand the theories as…

Ronald Reagan was born on February 6th 1911. He went on to be a radio announcer, a sports caster, and a Hollywood movie actor before becoming the Governor of California and finally making it all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to become 40th President of the United States. During the eight years Reagan served as President, he re-defined the role of politics and the impact it has in a Democracy. He gave vision in America that brought a new sense of hope and a message of encouragement. In…

The Berlin Wall stood as a symbol of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Russia for decades. Ronald Reagan addresses the Berlin Wall’s symbolism of war and conflict and seeks to tear down the Berlin Wall and bring the Cold War to an end. Through his speech, Reagan hopes to bring about the fall of Communism and ultimately unify Germany. Reagan strongly desires the people of Berlin to be safe and free and through his speech he desires to see that come about for all of those people.…

Stubborn, headstrong, adamant and rigid, all synonyms for one term: Wooden- headedness. This phenomenon shows up multiple times throughout human history and has single handedly changed the world in many ways. Wooden-headedness is something that affects all factors of life, and in historian Barbara Tuchman’s piece March of Folly she correctly identifies its prevalence in human actions and decisions. America during the 50s was an era of wooden-headedness. This was a time when communists were…