New Personalities
- Created by: i.am.the.kween
- Created on: 11-12-19 18:57
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- New Personalities
- Ronald Reagan
- brought an attitude of tension and suspicion
- the public began fear the possibility of nuclear war
- 1980s saw acceleration of the arms race
- aimed to pursue aggressive policies in order to change soviet attitudes
- believed the USA had to remain unilateralism, containment and confrontation
- brought an attitude of tension and suspicion
- Margaret Thatcher
- visited Reagan in 1981, beginning the Honeymoon Period
- Allowed USA to launch F-11 bombers against Lybia in 1986
- seemed to support any instances of American aggression
- in return USA allowed Britain to extradite suspected IRA terrorists taking refuge inn US
- wasn't willing to accept SDI project
- repeatedly voiced her concern that Western Europe would be defenceless witout a nuclear umbrella from the USA
- Pope John Paul II
- July 1979, he visited Poland
- 12 million people witnessed the Pope's message
- a need for international reconciliation and the opening of borders
- he had spoken freely within an oppressive state
- Soviet Geruntocracy
- Brezhnev
- questionable whether he understood the terms of SALT II
- poor health and confusion lead to ineffective diplomacy
- leadership marks the beginning of economic and political stagnation
- Andropov
- attempted to start domestic reform/ economic improvements
- half-heartedly explored negotiations to withdraw from Afghanistan
- Chernenko
- wanted to avoid reforms
- did little to prevent escalation of Cold War
- died of emphysema
- Brezhnev
- Ronald Reagan
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