The role of key personalities interpretation: an overall assessment Flashcards
1
Q
What does the interpretation focus on?
A
The key individuals who made the major decisions or wielded significant influence during the years leading up to the end of the CW
2
Q
What is this approach particularly valuable in?
A
Examining Soviet behaviour, bearing in mind Gorbachev’s radically new approach to CW relations
3
Q
What can personality-based explanations exaggerate?
A
The importance of a key individual in the events and development that ended the CW
4
Q
What may this approach underestimate?
A
The relative importance of structural factors such as economic problems and social discontent
