Detente, 1969-80

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The nature of detente
What does detente refer to,
What was detente characterised by,
What did detente not include
3  cards
Nixon and detente
When did nixon become us president,
Why was detente significant to nixon
2  cards
The superpowers and detente
Why were the superpowers united i...,
What happened between 1963 and 1969,
By 1969 what had the arms race cr...
5  cards
Vietnam
What was the nixons government pr...,
What had the vietnam war done to ...,
In 1969 alone how much had the vi...
4  cards
USA economics
Give examples that show by 1970 t...,
What did detente offer
2  cards
Kissinger's realpolitik
What was the nixon government esp...,
What was detente an expression of,
What did realpolitik mean
3  cards
Normalisation
What did kissinger believe,
What did kissinger think of detente
2  cards
USSR economics
How big was the su economy when c...,
What could the russian economy no...,
What did detente allow russian le...
3  cards
Nuclear parity
What could the economy of the uss...,
By the end of 1969 what was the u...,
What did detente offer the ussr
4  cards
China
What caused the politburo to fear...,
How was detente an attempt to dif...
2  cards
The Third World
What was brezhnev committed to,
What did brezhnevs commitment risk,
What was detente an attempt to do
3  cards
The Moscow Summit, 1972
When was the moscow summit,
What did nixon and brezhnev set o...,
What was at the heart of the meeting
3  cards
SALT 1, 1972
What started between the superpow...,
Why were the talks between the su...,
What nixon and brezhnev sign in m...
4  cards
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
What did this treaty restrict the...,
What was each anti ballistic miss...,
Why was the oversight commission ...
3  cards
The Interim Agreement on Offensive Missiles
What did the interim agreement limit,
How long was the interim agreemen...,
Why was salt 1 significant
4  cards
The Basic Principles Agreement
What did the moscow summit agree on,
What was the basic principles agr...,
What did the principles in the ag...
5  cards
European Ostpolitik
What were european nations on bot...,
What did ostpolitik involve in pr...,
Which country was particularly co...
6  cards
The Helsinki Accords, 1975
What did the helsinki accord set out,
What did the agreement tackle,
Why were the helsinki accords sig...
7  cards
The unlooked-for significance of the Helsinki Accords
What did the helsinki accords lea...,
What did the economic co operatio...,
How were the economies of western...
10  cards
The reality and success of detente, 1973-6
What had a profound effect on det...,
What led to a change in the dynam...,
What emerged on both sides
3  cards
The oil price shock
What did the the opec crisis in 1...,
What happened in october 1973,
What did the opec crisis lead to
4  cards
The economic realities of detente in the West
What happened following the opec ...,
What did countries in the west cr...,
What did france spearhead the cre...
6  cards
The economic realities of detente in the East
How had the soviet economy perfor...,
What happened to the economy of t...,
What was the gdp of the ussr by 1980
9  cards
The significance of the economic imbalance
Give 2 reasons why the economic d...,
What led to an imbalance of power...,
Why did the west become less comm...
3  cards
How successful was detente to 1976?
What did the helsinki accords 197...,
What were problems with the helsi...,
What did the basic principles agr...
15  cards
Critics of detente in the USA, 1970-75
What did detente face,
What did some argue about detente,
Why did criticism of detente begi...
16  cards
The 1976 presidential election
What did the 1976 usa presidentia...,
What did the democrats argue abou...,
What did the democrats point to t...
6  cards
Early critics of detente in the USSR
Who was pytor shelest,
Why did shelest criticise detente,
What did tensions over the vietna...
9  cards
Criticisms after Nixon's fall
What did nixons fall from power r...,
What did ford do when he became p...,
Why did the change of team in the...
5  cards
Detente under Carter
When did jimmy carter become pres...,
What two major problems did carte...
2  cards
SALT 2
In 1974 what did the usa and ussr...,
What would each superpower be all...,
What were there technical difficu...
11  cards
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
What did the ussr do on december ...,
How was the su acting defensively,
As far as brezhnev was concerned ...
11  cards
The USA's response to the invasion of Afghanistan
How did carter respond to the sov...,
What did carter argue,
In february 1980 what did carter ...
7  cards
The significance of the invasion of Afghanistan
What did the soviet invasion do t...,
What did the soviet invasion do t...,
What did the soviet invasion do t...
5  cards
Election victories
When was thatcher elected pm of b...,
When was reagan elected president...,
What did thatcher and reagan repr...
3  cards
The Thatcher-Reagan love-in
What was similar between thatcher...,
What did both leaders believe abo...,
What did both leaders believe abo...
9  cards
Reagan in power
Why was president reagan the more...,
What was reagans foreign policy d...,
Why did reagan restrict trade wit...
9  cards
The significance of Reagan's politics
What were soviet leaders unable t...,
What had the usa done during the ...,
What had accentuated the imbalanc...
14  cards

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