Ouimet argues that the now-famous reforms of Soviet bloc policy of the mid-1980s were not the instigation, but rather the climax of a fundamental transformation

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The year 1989 marked a turning point in world history, a watershed year of unprecedented drama and political significance. No matter how one looks at those even