Problem
The Cold War, which saw Europe split between an East and a West on the basis of politics and ideologies, dominated the second half of the 20th century in Europe. How was communism introduced to the East, and what steps did the Soviet Union propose to take to assist those nations in achieving socialism? There may have been attempts to reform communism, but do you believe that their failures contributed to the swift fall of the Soviet Union's communist system in the years between 1989 and 1991?