15: Cooperation Flashcards
How had Kennedy’s attitude towards the USSR changed after Cuba?
Realised that neither side would survive if it came to war
Followed the idea of MAD
Wanted to prevent nuclear weapons spreading to other countries
How had Khrushchev’s attitude towards the USA changed after Cuba?
Wanted relationship based on mutual restraint
Still didn’t see an improving relationship with the USA as contradicting his support of revolutionary movements
When was the Moscow Test Ban Treaty?
August 1963
What was forbidden under the Test Ban Treaty and what was omitted?
No above ground, underwater or outer space nuclear testing
Didn’t restrict underground testing or impose site inspections
When was the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and what president was it under?
July 1968
Kennedy
What did the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty achieve?
Stopped any selling of nuclear weapons to other countries and encouraging non-nuclear countries to develop weapons
Why were countries even more keen to reduce numbers of nuclear weapons at this time?
They were expensive and making less would help the countries economically
