Gorbachev Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This document provides a full summary of the chapter Fall of the USSR 1985-92. It goes into depth in the role of Gorbachev, Yeltsin and other long term and short factors in the collapse. I used these notes in my mocks to get an A* predicted and have a place at Oxford for history

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In depth and easy to follow summary on the end of the Cold war and Globalization. The notes include summaries on Gorbachev's reforms, the different reasons for the collapse of the USSR, capitalists' institutions and their affect on the new world order, and how globalization has influenced third world countries (including Africa).