end of cold war

What marked the end of detente?

USSR invading Afghanistan (24 December 1979)

When was Reagan’s first term?

1981-1984

Reagan’s second term?

1984-1989

When was SDI?

March 1983

November 1983

US sent Pershing 2 missiles to Western Europe

December 1987

Reagan signed the INF treaty (eliminate intermediate range missiles for both sides)

When was the Reykjavik Summit

October 1986 - Gorb proposed double zero option

1988, Feb 1989

USSR withdraws forces from 3rd world. Last troops leave Afghanistan in 1989

When was the Sinatra Doctrine announced?

25 October 1989 - MY WAY!!!

When was Lech Walesa made president of Poland

December 1989

What happened in EG in 1989?

Honecker ordered border with Czechoslovakia to be closed, ppl took to the streets and called for reforms. Removed Honecker

When and why did the Berlin Wall fall

9 November 1989

Caused by civil unrest and protests by the ppl that lead to looser travel restrictions. Eventually the bureaucratic accident caused the wall to fall

When did Germany achieve reunification?

3 October 1990

When was economic perestroika?

Feb 1986-1991

500 days plan - Aug to sept of 1990

When was political perestroika?

Jan 1987-1989

When was article 6 removed?

Feb 1990 - allowed for other political parties to form

When was glasnost?

1986-1991

When did the August Coup happen?

18-21 August 1991

Coup against Gorbachev, carried out by hardliners. Failed bc coup leaders were poorly organised and failed to fire the citizens. Happened bc the hardliners underestimated citizen resistance and overestimated the loyalty of the military

When did gorb resign?

25 December 1991

When did USSR collapse?

26 December 1991