Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979)

• What worried the USSR about Afghanistan?

  a muslim fundamentalist revolution takes place
• what does Brezhnev do to try and control Afghanistan?

  puts a pro soviet government in charge
• Who was the pro soviet government taken down by?

  Amin
• Who does the us promise to support?

  Amin
• Why does the us support Amin?

  to keep the soviets out of Afghanistan
• What year did Brezhnev invade Afghanistan?

  December 1979
• who assassinates Amin?

  soviet troops
• Who gets put in charge after Amin is assassinated?

  leader Kamal
• What did the ussr claim they invaded for?

  To protect their border from extreme Mujahideen fighters
• What does carter accuse the soviets of?

  aggression against Afghanistan
• What does carter do in retaliation?

  Forms the carter doctrine , to act with force against the soviets
• What does carter refuse to sign?

  Refuses to sign salt 2
• What does carter do to help Afghanista?

  sends weapons and money to the mujahideen
• What happened in the summer of 1980?

  USA influence 60 other countries to boycott the Moscow Olympic Games
• What does the boycott do to the ussr?

  humiliates them
• What brings detente to an end?

  Reagan wins the us elections and promises to get tougher on communism
• How long does the soviet invasion last?

  Another 10 years