-2,000-word essay -Remember to be consistent in connecting evidence and explanation that is as specific as possible to why the Gorbachev period (1985-91) period was more successful than the other and to integrate relevant insights from the sources into your own interpretation. -Remember to explain HOW each piece of evidence you discuss pertains to this argument. Because you cannot include all potentially relevant material, the exclusion is as crucial as inclusion in your presentation of evidence. Prompt: Compare the foreign policies of the Khrushchev period (1953-64) with those of the Gorbachev period (1985-91): Was one more successful than the other? (Make the argument that the Gorbachev period (1985-91) was more successful than the Khrushchev period (1953-64)) Use the following sources: Khrushchev period sources: Vladislav Zubok, failed Empire. The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev Zubok, pages 123-191 (Attached pdf of the book) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOxeZt217uw&ab_channel=VasileIuga Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-khrushchev-goes-hollywood/ Vladislav Zubok, pages: (34-36, 42, 79, 110-11, 132, 136-37, 151, 181-82, 197-98, 209-210, 337-338) (Attached pdf of the book) Taubman, “Krushchev: Man & Era, The Cuban Cure-All, 1962 (Attached is pdf) Gorbachev period sources: Zubok, pages: 265-302 (Attached pdf of the book) Tsygankov Chapter 2 “The Cold War Crisis and Soviet New Thinking”, 1986-1991. Pages: 31-54 (https://abru.ac.ir/files/teachers/doc-1589313836.pdf) Lynch, “Soviet Study of International Relations” (Attached pdf) Zubok, pages: 303-344 (Attached pdf of the book) Haas, “United States and the End of the Cold War” (Attached pdf) Matlock, “A Common Agenda, “pages: 251-270 (attached pdf) Matlock, “Autopsy on an Empire,” pages: 648-677 (attached pdf

-2,000-word essay

-Remember to be consistent in connecting evidence and explanation that is as specific as possible to why the Gorbachev period (1985-91) period was more successful than the other and to integrate relevant insights from the sources into your own interpretation.

-Remember to explain HOW each piece of evidence you discuss pertains to this argument. Because you cannot include all potentially relevant material, the exclusion is as crucial as inclusion in your presentation of evidence.

Prompt:

Compare the foreign policies of the Khrushchev period (1953-64) with those of the Gorbachev period (1985-91): Was one more successful than the other? (Make the argument that the Gorbachev period (1985-91) was more successful than the Khrushchev period (1953-64))

Use the following sources:

Khrushchev period sources:

Vladislav Zubok, failed Empire. The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev

Zubok, pages 123-191 (Attached pdf of the book)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOxeZt217uw&ab_channel=VasileIuga

Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-khrushchev-goes-hollywood/

Vladislav Zubok, pages: (34-36, 42, 79, 110-11, 132, 136-37, 151, 181-82, 197-98, 209-210, 337-338) (Attached pdf of the book)

Taubman, “Krushchev: Man & Era, The Cuban Cure-All, 1962 (Attached is pdf)

Gorbachev period sources:

Zubok, pages: 265-302 (Attached pdf of the book)

Tsygankov Chapter 2 “The Cold War Crisis and Soviet New Thinking”, 1986-1991. Pages: 31-54 (https://abru.ac.ir/files/teachers/doc-1589313836.pdf)

Lynch, “Soviet Study of International Relations” (Attached pdf)

Zubok, pages: 303-344 (Attached pdf of the book)

Haas, “United States and the End of the Cold War” (Attached pdf)

Matlock, “A Common Agenda, “pages: 251-270 (attached pdf)

Matlock, “Autopsy on an Empire,” pages: 648-677 (attached pdf