Reasons for the collapse of the Warsaw Pact
1. Economic Backwardness
The people in Eastern Europe were disappointed with the inefficiency of the communist economic system. They believed that such a system was the root cause of the economic backwardness of their countries.
The people in Eastern Europe were disappointed with the inefficiency of the communist economic system. They believed that such a system was the root cause of the economic backwardness of their countries.
2. Gorbachev's Attitude Towards the Satellites
Gorbachev's Glasnost encouraged people in the Soviet satellites to fight for the right to choose their own forms government, His non-intervention policy further stimulated the movement.