WHII: SOL 13d Leaders
Indira Ghandi Prime Minister of India Nehru’s daughter Closer relationship between India and the Soviet Union during the Cold War Developed nuclear program
Margaret Thatcher British prime minister Free trade and less government regulation of business Close relationship with United States and U.S. foreign policy Assertion of United Kingdom’s military power
Mikhail Gorbachev President of U.S.S.R. Attempted to reform, save the Soviet Union Glasnost-openness Perestroika- restructuring the gov’t. and economy Fall of the Berlin Wall Last president of Soviet Union
Deng Xiaoping Leader of China after Mao Zedong Reformed Communist China’s economy to a market economy leading to rapid economic growth Continued communist control of government “I don’t care if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice” Four Modernizations- agriculture, industry, science, and defense One couple, One Child Policy