Why Did Gorbachev Fail to Break Up the Communist Power

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why did Gorbachev fail to break up the Communist power monopoly in the Soviet Union?

• A)Attempting to keep pace with tiger economies like Japan, Gorbachev overstretched the U.S.S.R.'s financial base.
• B)Gorbachev failed to recognize the strength of Russian agricultural lobbyists.
• C)Gorbachev's attempts to match American industrial power overstretched the Soviet's already crumbling economic base.
• D)Gorbachev underestimated how brittle the Soviet power system was, and in turn, it collapsed.

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