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In 1989, the world’s attention was drawn to a monumental event occurring in Berlin. Common German citizens were storming the Berlin Wall, standing on top of it, and symbolically as well as literally destroying one of the most visible symbols of the Cold War. Astounded Western commentators proclaimed this event as a defining moment, which would come to define the end of the Cold War. No longer was the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact a threat, but rather a new era of peace, cooperation and the triumph of Western values were heralded.Then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev allowed the Eastern Bloc to slip out of the Soviet order, and agreed to accept the reunification of Germany provided that nato assist to make the reunification smooth. Further, Gorbachev has stated that he had been assured by German Premier Helmut Kohl that nato would not expand further east than Germany. He was assured that the Soviet Union was no longer considered a threat, and that instead a new era of peace and prosperity for the whole world would ensue.In just a few short years, not only had the Berlin fallen and much of Eastern Europe replaced Communist governments with Democratic ones,
The Soviet and Post Soviet Review – Brill
Published: Jan 11, 2017
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