The Impact of the New Cold war, 1979-85
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- The Impact of the New Cold War, 1979-85
- Changes in Leadership in the West
- 1979, Thatcher elected in Britain and 1980 Reagan elected in the USA
- Reagan called the Soviets an "evil empire" and Thatcher was very opposed to communism
- The Arms Race
- Reagan poured money into developing new missiles and the Star Wars Programme
- The USSR had no choice but to keep up despite being broke as Afghanistan had now become a proxy war
- Poland
- The USA made it clear they condemned the armed opposition to the solidarity movement in 1981
- Why the New Cold War Continued:
- The USA were clearly doing better and had no reason to work towards détente again
- Changes in Leadership in the West
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