An end to the Cold War; the United States - a free nation; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan comes to power; Reagan and US foreign policy; George Bush takes over; the Soviet Union - the first socialist state; the modern state; defence, the search for Allies; the Gorbachev Revolution; superpower relations in the 1980s - the Cold War; the arms race, conclusions; the way forward - the USSR, US and superpower status; a new start.
