Shelbie did her presentation on the fall of communism.
Gorbachev - became leader in 1985
tried to make soviet union more like a democracy.
he had two words he stuck to
perestrokia- restructuring
glasnost- openess.
economic reforms:
1987- new law gave businesses full control, they got to produce what they want how much they want and they have to do it all themselves.
repeal of artical six of USSR constitution
this gave communist party supermacy over all institutions in society
Gorbacheve went out of power before new treaty was signed
Lucas did his on Strategic defence initiative-
X-ray lasers
use energy from war heads to shoot down many missiles
chemical lasers- one of the more successful SDI
rail gun- used a conductive pellet and shoots down missils
brilliant pebbles- used mini missils powered by electricity
Star wars speech - March 1983
saying it would encourage militaryization in the world.
russia was not happy with SDI: start of the space race
present day missile defence system
in 2003 the NMD was renamed to ground base midcourse defense
in 2004 Bush started a new program.
Brandon did his on new map of europe
yugoslavia was invaded by soviet union and was slplit into several states
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