Detente
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- Detente 1963
- Lessening of tension.
- Hotline 1963- a direct tele-printer between The Kremlin and The White House.
- The Test Ban Treaty 1963- stopping nuclear tests above ground.
- 1964, Khrushchev was replaced by Brezhnev who was less interested in Detente. He wanted to focus on military power and investing money in the arms race.
- 1965, US were in a communist war over Vietnam.
- AUgust 1968- soviet invasion on Czechoslovakia.
- Brezhnev sent troops from the Warsaw Pact into czechoslovakia because the czech government was beginning to show independence from the soviet union e.g. allowing free speech.
- 200,000 troops entered Czech.
- Out of Space Treaty 1967- stopped arms race from spreading to outer space because nuclear weapons could be placed in space.
- Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty signed 1968- promised not to give nuclear technology to other countries.
- Nixon 1968
- He wanted to improve foreign relations.
- May 1972- SALT 1 is signed
- SALT 1 was the first treaty that limited the number of nuclear weapons each superpower had.
- It promised a 5 year delay on the building of new missiles.
- This was popular with the public who saw nuclear weapons as costing a fortune.
- Was it a success?
- Yes
- The first time the countries had agreed on arms limitation.
- Showed the Detente had created an environment in which two sides could co-operate.
- Untitled
- No
- Only dealt with strategic weapons- did not cover war head missiles or battlefield weapons.
- USA still continued to produce multiple war heads through 1970's- 3 a day.
- Weapon number were not reduced.
- Yes
- August 1973- American troops leave south Vietnam.
- The Apollo-Soyuz mission 1975.
- Joint space mission in which an American Apollo spacecraft and a Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked high above the earth. This marked the beginning of super power co-ordination in space.
- The Helsinki Agreements 1975
- This conference had representatives from 35 countries. They discussed an agreement which involved 3 main issues:
- Security
- All country boundaries were excepted
- No country would interfere in the internal affairs with another country.
- Countries would inform each other about any big military maneuvers.
- Co-operation
- economic co-operation through trade.
- scientific co-operation through sharing information and research.
- educational co-operation
- Human Rights
- freedom of speech, movement, religion and information.
- Security
- This conference had representatives from 35 countries. They discussed an agreement which involved 3 main issues:
- The Kabul revolution 1978
- Brezhnev saw the communist revolution in afghanistan as an opportunity to extend his power in the oil-rich country.
- The new government in Kabul wanted to build socialism, but many muslim leaders across the country hated socialism.
- Spring 1979 a civil war broke out so President Taraki put Amin as prime minister as he believed Amin was popular and get support from the army.
- Taraki was not popular with the community and 1979, Taraki was assassinated and Amin became president of the country.
- Spring 1979 a civil war broke out so President Taraki put Amin as prime minister as he believed Amin was popular and get support from the army.
- The new government in Kabul wanted to build socialism, but many muslim leaders across the country hated socialism.
- Brezhnev saw the communist revolution in afghanistan as an opportunity to extend his power in the oil-rich country.
- The Soviet invasion 1979
- Following Amin's seizure to power, Brezhnev ordered a soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
- soviet troops invaded on christmas day 1979.
- 1.5 million people died in the war over the next 10 years.
- 15000 soviet soldiers were killed by 1989.
- Amin was killded and replaced by Karmal.
- America's response to the soviet invasion;
- President Carter refused to accept any attempt by the USSR to get more influence in the middle east.
- USA, China and Israel supplied weapons and training to Afghanistan.
- USA stopped trading with USSR and so did other western countries.
- USA broke off diplomatic relations with USSR.
- USA refused to sign SALT II treaty which could have reduced the number of nuclear missiles to 2250 warheads per superpower.
- USA boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics with 60 other countries.
- USSR and other communist countries boycotted the LA Olympics in 1984 in retaliation.
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