Detente
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- Years of detente Meaning Between who
- 1963-1984 lessing of tensions international SU, US China, GB, France
- why start in 1963 2 bit treaties and years
- after Cuban MIssile Crisis, sparkled political leaders to stay away from nuclear war and confrontation Nuclear Test Ban Treaty- prohibited testing in outerspace, underwater,atmosphere Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act (1974)- don't develop nuclear weapons
- SU-US 63-68
- good relations (hotline, tourism, trading) 1964- Brezhev takes over from Kruschev (got rid of stalin ideas), big military spending, increase living standard 1968- invasion of czechoslavakia- influence from west- su destroyed any problem, still good terms
- SU-US 70's
- 72 SALT- suspended building of ICBMS, limited number of missile firing subs, limited deployment of abms Breznev goes to Washington, more agreements , dont deploy on ocean floor, no bacteriological weapons 1974- Ford- Brezhnev, extend Salt into 80s, same year no conduct underground tests over 150 kt Despite all treaties, arms race continues, make weapons not prohibited by treaties in state of mutual assured destruction
- weapons not excluded from treaties
- neutron bomb satellites that fire missiles laser beams
- Decline of Detente 1975-1984
- E. Europe countries try to become more independent, all attempts suppressed Relations between SU-US worsen -invade afghanistan, SALT II not ratified -boycott olympic games -arms race continues -polish crisis
- What was invasion of Afghanistan
- "biggest threat to world peace since world war II" SU invades on fear of a growing Islamic movement near their Central Asian muslim territories and wanted to get rid of an unreliable Marxist government
- What was Polish Crisis
- polish gov't wants to raise meat prices, workers want share, go on strike, solidarity party forms, pressures government for raise, government gives raise, SU comes in and gets rid of solidarity leaders and governement and putsi n more militant leader
- Europe during 1963-1984
- 1967- EEC joins with ECSC and EUratom to form EEC, later EC 1968- abolishes tariffs on common goods within the EEC economic rollercoaster but end with being the richest countries in the world
- Germany during 1963-1984
- WIlly Brandt pursues a policy of Estpolitik (Hand offered to the east) 1972- both nations recongize each other US recongizes E. Germany SU pledged not to block access to Berlin Both Germanys admitted to UN
- Su begins to fail
- brezhnev has a stroke no good leaders after 4 bad harvests living standard decreases alcoholism and corruption go up belief in communism declines