
This poster shows how Mikhail Gorbachev was actually viewed by the west. The then US president, George HW Bush was working together or even prompting the Sovet Leader, Mikhail Gorbachev to work towards German reunification.
Mikhail Gorbachev was viewed to be a liberal leader who wanted to reform the USSR both by the west and the east. However, he was viewed to be a weak leader at the same time, who caused the collapse of the USSR in 1991 even until today.
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http://www.usdemocrazy.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Germany-1990-reunite.jpg