HIS344H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Glasnost, Mikhail Gorbachev, Carter Doctrine
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First time the world was changing without a violent confrontation. The us should have won much earlier considering economic, political power. Technological breakthroughs were what allowed the ussr to survive for so long. Allowed them to keep up with the us. Capitalism left as the best / most successful system. Response: well communism was never actually practiced in its truest form. From the "end of history" to the "clash of civilizations" Groups / states with same religion, ethnicity, history, would combine and duke it out with the rest of the world for natural resources. Bush and the "new world order" - 1989. Was never formally defined or explained what was meant by this. No longer need to fight anyone, confront issues. International order to evolve according to western agenda. Concentrate on issues that had been ignored thus far. Saddam did not want to challenge the new world order.
