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Question 1

When was Czech and poland?

Answer 1

68, Pol 80-81

Question 2

When was E Ger and Hungary?

Answer 2

53, Hungary 56

Question 3

Which recent ops Does Andrew Bennet suggest prevented the use of force by USSR in 89?

Answer 3

Recent experiences of Angola and AFG

Question 4

When did Sov get nuclear parity?

Answer 4

Mid 70s

Question 5

What led to a soviet for policy retrenchment?

Answer 5

Economic decline (esp Sov lars perception of decline)

Question 6

What had increased Sov Costs?

Answer 6

Overstretch - E EUR and Third World

Globalisation - paying higher cost for isolation

Question 7

Who where the MIP?

Answer 7

Military industrial party (Jack Snyder)

Question 8

what did the MIP insist on?

Answer 8

Territorial buffer

Question 9

Who were the rivals to the MIP?

Answer 9

Light Industry and Intelligentsia

Question 10

When did the MIP rebound?

Answer 10

90-91 esp in trying to produce coup to remove Gorbachov

Question 11

Which pol leaders in W did Gorbachov feel closest to?

Answer 11

Socialist leaders in W EUR

Question 12

What had made some of the Sov For Policy leaders not believe in the effectiveness or morality of the use of force?

Answer 12

Had been based in Prague during the Prague spring and seen the effects

Question 13

What had happened to both Gorb’s grandfathers?

Answer 13

Been imprisoned - believed to have made Gorb reluctant to use force

Question 14

When was violence used in Tbilisi?

Answer 14

1989 - annoyed Gorb who refused to use force at home or abroad

Question 15

What E Eur states had built up external debts?

Answer 15

GDR, Bulgaria and Czech

Question 16

What was the greatest drag of the Sov Economy?

Answer 16

Inefficiency of central planning

Question 17

What were the 2 and 3rd greatest costs for USSR?

Answer 17

2: Def (20% GDP)
3: Subsidies to E EUR

Question 18

What was perestroika?

Answer 18

Reformation movement in USSR (lit means restructuring)

More independence for ministries and some market like reforms

Question 19

What was the term Glasnost used to mean?

Answer 19

Increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities

Question 20

In what year did Gorb take office?

Answer 20

1985

Question 21

What had Gorb’s aim been?

Answer 21

create an economically revitalise soviet union and a friendly set of Socialist governments in E EUR

Question 22

What had China’s equiviant to Perestroika been?

Answer 22

Centrally directed transition to market economy (arguably would have been more successful in USSR)

Question 23

When was Tiananmen square protest?

Answer 23

1989