Question : “By the 1980s, the Communist system of the Soviet Union was incapable of maintaining the country’s role as a superpower”. Explain this statement.
(2007)
Answer : The most important consequences of the Second World War were the emergence of two super powers – the United States of America and the Soviet Union. They emerged as the most powerful nations in the world. The USA had suffered relatively little from the war and had enjoyed great prosperity from supplying the other allies with the war materials and food. The Soviet Union though severally weakened still had largest army the main base which ....
Question : Critically examine the various dimensions and phases of the cold war between 1947 and 1962.
(2005)
Answer : A significant result of the World War II was the division of the world into two power blocs – one led by the US and the other led by the Soviet Union. These two blocs soon got engaged in a long period of war known as the cold war.
The war raged with varying intensity for almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Though little actual fighting took place directly between the ....
Question : Analyze the factors for the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union during 1985-1991.
(2004)
Answer : The attempt to reform the Soviet system led to its collaspe. The revolution from above initiated recessionism from below. The search of real socialism led to the demise of barracks socialism and a grouping towards capitalism.
In this regard this is also highly debated subject that whether Soviet disintegration was a breakdown due to long term weakness of the Soviet Union or it was the collapse of the great socialist order by reforms initiated by Gorbachev. ....
Question : Analyse the factors leading to end of the cold war and account for the US ascendancy in the world.
(2003)
Answer : The cold war had begun at a time when the allies, including the US and USSR had successfully defeated the Nazi Germany and her axis partners. The world had expected the lasting friend among the victors when they split and formed two hostile camps. The cold war ended (1990) at a time when the common man had come to live with it and it was expected that (despite ups and downs and detente) the east-west ....
