Reagan and US militarism in the 1980's
A mind map detailing the early activities of Reagan in terms of arms control in the 1980s.
- Created by: Sam Brewer
- Created on: 30-05-13 13:38
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- Reagan and US militarism in the 1980's
- Reagan
- Became President in 1981
- Took an aggressive approach towards the US relationship with the U**R
- Move away from Détente
- INF
- Intermediate range nuclear forces
- Proposed zero-option
- Heavily loaded against the Soviet Union
- USA would still have been able to deploy unlimited sea based missiles and aircraft
- Dangerous for the U**R
- USA would still have been able to deploy unlimited sea based missiles and aircraft
- US wouldn't deploy Perishing II and Cruise missiles on the condition the U**R would remove its **-20 missiles from Europe
- Then demanded that the Soviets would remove all intermediate range missiles regardless of location
- Impossible for the U**R to accept the terms
- Heavily loaded against the Soviet Union
- START
- Ended prematurely when US deployed Cruise and Perishing II missiles in Europe
- Aimed to cut missile numbers on both sides by about a third
- Failed to establish an agreement on ICBM's
- US aimed to improve their security by increasing the vulnerability of the Soviets
- Many historians argued that the USA never wanted to negotiate a mutually beneficial agreement
- SDI
- Put 1972 ABM Treaty in doubt
- Had removed ballistic missiles from the arms race
- SDI incompatible
- Skeptics coined it the 'Star Wars' program to discredit it amongst the public
- Soviet response unsurprisingly negative
- Seen as an American attempt to develop first strike capability
- Described as a dangerous alternative to arms control
- Put 1972 ABM Treaty in doubt
- Reagan
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