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America, Russia, and the Cold War 1945 - 2002: Updated, 9/e
Walter LaFeber, Cornell University
A New World Order - Or the Age of Fragmentation?

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George Bush Address Before the Joint Session

President George H. W. Bush in Russia 1991



1

How did President George Bush employ the language and logic of the Cold War in order to explain American involvement in the Persian Gulf?
2

How did American interests in the Middle East color U.S. policies? How had U.S. policies facilitated Saddam Hussein’s rise to power?
3

Why did Bush hesitate to endorse the breakup of the U.S.S.R. even as he encouraged reform and the end of communist rule?
4

How did the United States intend to support and nurture the seeds of democracy in the former Soviet Union and its republics?








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