8.3 Flashcards
what was reagsn’s attitude to foreign policy and why?
- Fighting communism became major emphasis and wanted to confront the Su whenever possible, more then carter
- he placed less emphasis on human rights and increase us defende
- really wanted ti eradicate humiliation of the loss of the Vietnam war, the hostage crisis in Iran and increasing soviet influence in Africa/ Central America…
Reagan’s defense policy:
- 100MX missiles
- 100 B-1 long-range and supersonic bombers
- Construction of new stealth bomber invisible to radar
- Construction of 6 Trident nuclear submarines
- Strengthening of military communications systems
- The development of the neutron bomb
whatbhaopenednwhen soviet ss20 missiles were placed in western Su, and what did this mean?
America placed cruise missiles (undetected by radar) in Western Europe, causing a Worsening of relations…
How long did Reagan’s defense policy last?
hiw mich would it cost?
6 years
1981-198
more then a trillion dollars
Reagan advisers believed they could win a limited nuclear war using nuts
What was NUTS?
but why did this increase tensions?
Nuclear Utilisation Target Selection
Involved directing weapons at opponent’s warheads to destroy nuclear weapons capabilities
When was the ‘zer option’ proposed?
November 1981
What was the ‘zero option’?
where was Reagan coming from a position from and why did he do the zero option?
Cancel deployment of new US intermediate-range missiles in Western Europe
for
Soviet dismantling of comparable forces (600 SS20 intermediate range missiles, which breshenev denied.
2) he prepared to discuss these arms limits but was from a position of power due to economic problems the Su had. He proposed the zero options as some though he knew Brezhnev would decline, allowing him to place Even MORE missiles in Europe…
What happened on 8th June 1982?
Reagan, in a speech to the British House of Commons, called the Soviet Union an ‘evil empire’
2) andropov (new leader) called him insane and a lie ,and slated him later too,
- Moscow compared Reagan to Hitler and cussed him of fanning the flames to war, creating g even worse relations…
What was START and when was it?
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
1983
What was Solidarity and what was the controversy surrounding it?
Solidarnosc was a workers’ trade union movement which was banned and saw its leaders imprisoned in 1982
The USA gave secret assistance to Solidarity , criticising Brezhnev and Poland for its heavy handed approach to the trade union and consequently BANNED ALL THEIR HINTECH TRADE.
(Su walked out of start as as result), tensions higher
Consequences of Solidarity ban:
Soviet delegations walked out of the start and Reagan announced the SDI in 1983
