The consequences of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
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- The Consequences of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
- The Carter Doctrine (Jan 1980)
- Threatened to use force if the Soviet Union attempted to take control of the Persian Gulf
- Imposed economic sanctions, no trade with the USS, no longer export grain to or import oil from the Soviet Union
- US and its allies, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, secretly provided assistance to the Mujaheddin, meant USA were secretly backing a war against the Soviet Union
- USA ceased cooperating with the USSR and began to confront it instead
- End of SALT 2
- In 1980 the USA broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and the US Senate refused to sign SALT 2, which had been signed by Carter and Brezhnev in 1979
- US began to build up its own conventional and nuclear weapons, began to develop cruise and Pershing missiles for deployment in Europe
- Soviets responded by deploying their own medium range weapon, the SS20 missile
- US-Soviet arms race began to speed up again, as more nuclear weapons were produced and deployed
- The Olympic Boycotts
- The USA boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
- In retaliation for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics, the USSR boycotted the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
- Brought to an end the cooperation adn sporting competition between teh USA and the Soviet Union that characterised détente
- Further consequences of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
- The USA
- Persuaded many Americans that the USSR couldn't be trusted
- Helped lead to the election of President Reagan in ov 1980, he was an anti-communist with a hard-line attitude towards the USSR
- The Soviet Union
- Soviet troops remained in Afghanistan to keep Karmal in power
- Troops came under repeated attach from the Mujahiddin, leading to rising casualties from both sides
- Pressure was put on the Soviet leadership to end the increasingly unpopular war
- The USA
- The Carter Doctrine (Jan 1980)
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