CW topic 3

• what is detente


  relaxation of tensions
• what was SALT1


  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty 1972

  
  

  -No further production of strategic ballistic missiles

  -No increase in number of intercontinental ballistic missiles

  -No new nuclear missile launchers

  - Both sides were limited to two Anti-ballistic missile deployment areas.
• when was SALT1 signed


  May 1972
• what was the Helsinki agreement

  Signed by 35 nations. signed to recognise European borders after WWII, respect basic human rights in al countries that signed and to have freedom of speech
• when was the Helsinki agreement signed


  August 1975
• what was SALT2

  Strategic Arms Limitations Talks 2 was the second round of talks to limit the use of multi-warhead missiles and the creation of new launch stations
• who was Ronald Reagan

  The President after Carter
• when was Ronald Reagan president

  1981-1989
• who was Lyndon B Johnson

  the president after Kennedy
• when was Lyndon B Johnson president


  1963-1969
• who was Richard Nixon

  the president after Johnson
• when was Richard Nixon president


  1969-1974
• who was Gerald Ford


  President after Nixon
• when was Gerald Ford president

  1974-1977
• who was Jimmy Carter

  the president after Ford
• when was Jimmy Carter president

  1977-1981
• when did the USA leave Vietnam

  1974
• why did the USA leave Vietnam

  they would not win and was wasting lots of money and soldiers
• who signed SALT1

  Brezhnev and Nixon
• what was an ICBM

  intercontinental ballistic missile
• when did the USSR invade Afghanistan


  Christmas Day 1979
• what caused the soviet invasion of Afghanistan

  -bordered Soviet republics so communist government was supported

  -communism was rejected as it supported atheism not Muslims

  -many Muslim religious leaders were captured and tortured
• what is the mujahedeen


  anti-communist resistance movement
• who is Taraki


  The leader of the Khalq branch of the PDPA, the afghan communist party who the USSR supported
• who was Amin


  democratic politician in Afghanistan who killed Taraki to gain power with the support of the USA
• how did the USSR react to Amin


  -the Red Army invaded Afghanistan

  -did not want American influence on their border

  -killed Amin
• when was Amin murdered

  27th December 1979
• who replaced Amin

  Babrak Kamal a pro Moscow leader
• what were challenges faced by the USSR after their invasion of Afghanistan

  -Red Army ill prepared for landscapes

  -the mujahedeen had expert knowledge of the landscape and people

  -mujahedeen were very motivated to protect homeland and religion
• what was the USA's response to the soviet invasion of Afghanistan


  -supported mujahedeen with money

  -did not sign SALT2

  -Carter Doctrine

  -aligned with China and Israel to support mujahedeen

  -economic sanctions imposed on USSR

  -boycotted Moscow Olympics
• when was the Carter Doctrine

  January 1980
• what was the Carter Doctrine


  prepared to use force to stop any country from gaining control over the oil rich states of the Middle East
• when was the Moscow Olympics


  1980
• how many countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics

  67
• why was the Moscow Olympics boycotted

  they did not agree with the soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• when was the Los Angeles Olympics


  1984
• how many countries boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics

  15
• why did they boycott the Los Angeles Olympics

  -in response to the boycott of the Moscow Olympics

  -stricter doping rules as USSR wanted to use steroids to enhance performance
• what was the 'Second Cold War'

  The tense relation of the US and the USSR after the invasion of Afghanistan
• when was the SDI announced

  March 23rd 1983