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When was Nixon elected president of the USA?
1968
When was Brandt elected chancellor of West Germany?
1969
When was salt 1?
may 1972
When did Brezhnev visit Washington?
1973
When was the Helsinki Accords?
August 1975
When was salt 2?
1979
Why did the USA want detente?
Wanted to focus on ending the vietnam war
Needed to address social problems that led to large scale rioting in 1968
Building nuclear weapons was expensive
Why did the USSR want detente?
Poor living standards
Economy was not developing
Building nuclear weapons is expensive
What did the Anti ballistic missile treaty state?
ABMs were only allowed at 2 sites, these sites would have a maximum of 100 missiles each
What was the interim treaty?
It limited the number of ICBMS and SLBMs each country would have
What did the Basic principles agreement do?
Lay down rules for the conduct of nuclear warfare
When did negotiations for salt 2 begin?
1974
What were the three baskets of the helsinki accords?
European borders, international co-operation, human rights
Why did Detente end?
In the usa there was belief that the Soviet government could not be trusted
In november 1979, islamic millitants held 60 americans hostage for 444 days
advisors such as Zbiegnew Brzezinski called for a stronger stance to be taken
In december 1979 the ussr invaded afghanistan
When did the soviet union invade afghanistan?
24th december 1979
When did a pro soviet government take control in afghanistan?
april 1979
When did hafizullah amin stage a coup?
September 1979
When was amin assasinated?
27th december 1979
When was the carter doctrine?
January 1980
What was the carter doctrine?
The usa would protect its interests in the persian gulf by any means necessary
When was the US boycott of the moscow olympics?
1980
What was the Reagan doctrine?
The usa would not only support anti communist governments but also anti communist groups overthrowing communist governments
When did reagan announce SDI?
23 march 1983
When was martial law declared in poland?
1981
When did Brezhnev die?
1982
When did Andropov die?
1984
When did Chernenko die?
1985
What was perestroika?
Reconstruction- reorganising the soviet state
What was glasnost?
Gorbachev’s open attitude to foreign relations and government
When was the geneva summit?
November 1985
When was the Reykjavik summit?
October 1986
When was the washington summit?
December 1987
What did the INF treaty state?
Both countries would abolish all land based nuclear missiles of a range of 500-5500 km
When was the moscow summit?
1988
When was the malta summit?
1989
When was solidarity legalised in poland?
June 1989
When was the velvet revolution?
November 1989
When were there free elections in hungary?
May 1989
When was ceausescu executed?
December 1989
When did the Berlin wall fall?
9 november 1989
when was the warsaw pact dissolved?
July 1991
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