End of Brezhnev Doctrine

Question 1

What did Gorbachev take the decision to abandon almost from the point he took office?

Answer 1

Brezhnev Doctrine - the commitment to communist control by the threat of force

Question 2

What did Gorbachev’s decision to reject the Brezhnev Doctrine show individual populations?

Answer 2

They no longer had to fear the influx of troops from Moscow or other Warsaw Pact countries if they rose up against their governments