Soviets spend 25% of GNP on Military (feb 10, 1972 – oct 22, 1982)
Description:
This was crushing the Soviet economy and Gorbachev set to resolve this through his 'New Thinking' policies which ultimatly led to the ending of the Cold War through the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 10, 1972
oct 22, 1982
~ 10 years