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Gorbachev came to power in |
March 1985 |
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He identified the |
sources for SU's problems |
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These problems were |
the command economy and the desire to keep up with the USA militarily in the Cold War |
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Gorbachev introduced policies to |
reform the Soviet economy |
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and also to end the |
expensive arms race with the USA |
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Therefore he wanted to |
end the Cold War |
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However, he was not seeking to end |
communism |
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He believed that it was possible to |
implement economic reforms and still maintain communist ideologies |
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In order to implement wide scale economic reforms Gorbachev |
overhauled the Soviet military-industrial complex |
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by replacing its supporters with |
young leaders who were more receptive to his ideas |
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Gorbachev's Reforms |
-Glasnost -Perestroika -Foreign Policy -Nuclear Disarmament -UN Speech |
