Perestroika and Glasnost
- Anti Alcohol campaign - cost state in revenue
- Investment in machinery and tool industry with little return - Glasnot backfired in that people began hoarding common goods - Deficit grew annually - He continued the war in Afghanistan too long - His high ranking officers were based on loyalty rather than reform mindedness “If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.”
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