1. Key Figures in the Cold War
World History II

2. Indira Ghandi Prime Minister of India
Developed close ties with USSR during Cold War.
Developed nuclear program for India
Assassinated in 1984.

3. Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of Great Britain
Pushed for less government involvement in business and free trade.
Close relationship with U.S. and our foreign policy.

4. Margaret Thatcher (Continued)
Demonstrated British military might during Falklands War (1982).
Britain defeats Argentina quickly, regaining control of the Falkland Islands.

5. Mikhail Gorbachev Last and youngest Premier of USSR.
Glasnost (brought West to USSR) and Perestroika (economic/government reform) are his key ideas as premier.

6. Mikhail Gorbachev (Continued)
Saw USSR unravel:
Fall of Berlin Wall
Solidarity Trade Union forced elections in Poland.
Germany Reunited
Elections held in USSR
USSR dissolved rather than risk civil war.

7. Deng Xiaoping Communist leader of People’s Republic of China.
Instituted economic reforms. Changed from command economy to mixed/market economy (limited private ownership of property/business).
Maintained Communist control of government.