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Buddhist Crisis

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1963

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Buddhist flags and festivals banned

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May 1963

9 people killed

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Self immolation

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11 June 1963

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American gives money to South Vietnam

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1954

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Truman Doctrine

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March 1947

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Ideas of Truman Doctrine

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1) money to help Greece and Turkey $400,000

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USSR boycott UN

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Jan 13 1950

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Marshall Aid Plan

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April 1948

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FDR / GDR

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March 1949

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Nato formed

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April 1949

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General McArthur in Seoul towards Manchuria

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August 1950

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General McArthur sacked

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11 April 1951

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Senator McCarthy discredited

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April 1954

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Comecon formed

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Jan 1949

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What was Comecon

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Set up to ensure economic development along Soviet lines

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Potsdam conference

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June - July 1945 .

American uses Atomic diplomacy

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Kennan long telegram

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Feb 1946

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Novikov telegram

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Sept 1946

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Greek Civil War

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1946 - 1949

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Start of Berlin Airlift / blockade

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June 1948

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Uk recognises PRC and RC severs relations

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Jan 5 1950

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Iron Curtain speech

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March 1946

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San Fransisco Treaty

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8 Sept 1951

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What was San Fransisco Treaty

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Officially ended WW2 and reestablished Japanese sovereignty

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Yalta

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Feb 1945 - declaration on liberated Europe

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How many buddhists did Diem have arrested

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4,000

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Diem killed in military coup

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2 November 1963

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JFK assassinated

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22 November 1963

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Truman signs Mutual Security Act

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October 1951 - global policeman

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NSC - 68

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September 1950

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What was NSC - 68

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Presented to Truman suggesting ways to roll back and contain of communism

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Sputnik launched

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October 1957

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The Bay of Pigs invasion

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17 April 1961

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Soviet member offers military aid to Cuba

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Feb 1960

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The Batista regime is overthrown by Castro

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Jan 1959

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36
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LBJ becomes President

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November 1963

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37
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USSR has Atom Bomb

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August 1949

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38
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Bizonia

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Jan 1947

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39
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Krushchev removes missiles from Cuba

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29 October 1962

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40
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Ich bine ein Berliner

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June 1963

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41
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Khrushchev decides to send nuclear missiles to Cuba

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May 1962

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42
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U2 spy plan spots missile pads in Cuba

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October 1962

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43
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Constructions of Berlin Wall begins

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August 1961

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44
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Gagarin (Gag - ar- in) first man in space

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April 1961

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45
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Castro promises to spread revolution across Central America

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July 1960

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46
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U2 spy plan is shot down

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May 1960

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47
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The USSR’s Berlin Ultimatum issued

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November 1958

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What was the Berlin Ultimatum

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Khrushchev issued western powers and ultimatum to withdraw from Berlin leaving a free demilitarised city

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Kennedy authorises Operation Mongoose

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November 1961

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50
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What was Operation Mongoose

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covert CIA operation in Cuba

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51
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The USSR has ICBM

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May 1957

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52
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Start of Berlin Airlift

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June 1948

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53
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End of Berlin Airlift / Blockade

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May 1949

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54
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Comenform formed

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1947

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55
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Comenform dissolved

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april 1956

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What was Comenform

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Created to coordinate actions between communist parties in various countries under direction of Soviets

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NLf

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National Liberation Front

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58
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Strategic Hamlet program

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1962 Diem had over 2/3 of peasants moved to specially built hamlets to try and keep them out of Vietcong

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59
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Berlin Wall

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13 August 1961

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60
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Shooting at Zhenbao - when and numbers

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March 1969
80 USSR dead
800 Chinese

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61
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Sino Soviet Conflict

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2 March - 11 September 1969

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62
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Hot line

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20 June 1963

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63
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Test ban treaty

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October 1963

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64
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USSR develops first ICBM

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May 1957

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65
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Austrian State Treaty

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1955 - to demilitarise Austria

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66
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Albanian communists begin trade with China NOT Russia

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June 1960

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67
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Mao denounces Khrushchev

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October 1962

68
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Berlin Wall errected

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August 1961

69
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Nixon visits China

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Feb 21 1972

70
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Nixon announces bombing campaign in Vietnam

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December 18 1972

71
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Yom Kippur War - when and what was it

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Israel is attacked by Egypt and Syria

October 6 1973

72
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Mao Zedong dies

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September 9 1976

73
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Carter becomes president

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January 20 1977

74
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President of Afghanistan murdered by pro communist rebels

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April 27 1978

75
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Communist regime set up in Afghanistan

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1978

76
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Vietnam begins a pro soviet /pro Vietnam government

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January 7 1979

77
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Margaret Thatcher elected PM

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May 4 1979

78
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War breaks out in El Salvador when and who are protagonists

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May 9 1979

Marxist rebels v government which was pro US

79
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Reagan elected President

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January 20 1981

80
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Caribbean Basin initiative when and what was it

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February 24 1982

Reagan’s policy to prevent the overthrow of governments by communists

81
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Reagan signs PL 97-157

When and what was it

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March 22 1982

Denouncing USSR government and calling for it to cease it’s poor human rights record

82
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SALT II when and who signed

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June 18 1979

Carter and Brezhnev

83
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Carter signs financial aid to soviet opponents in Afghanistan

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July 3 1979

84
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Marxist revolutionaries overthrow the US backed dictatorship in Nicaragua

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July 17 1979

85
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NATO offers mutual limitation of ballistic missiles

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December 12 1979

86
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USSR invades Afghanistan signalling the end of Detente

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December 24 1979

87
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USA and allies boycott Moscow olympics

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March 21 1980

88
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Cyrus Vance assures skeptics that President Carter will crack down on USSR human rights abuses. When and who was he

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June 6 1977

He was the Secretary of State

89
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President George H Bush delivers a message acknowledging the end of the cold war

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December 25 1991

90
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Gorbachev resigns as president of USSR

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December 25 1991

91
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The Council of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet recognise the dissolution of the USSR

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December 26 1991

92
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All Soviet institutions cease operations and the Cold War ends with collapse of USSR

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December 31 1991

93
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USA invades Panama

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December 20 1989

94
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Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki. When and why?

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September 1990

To condem the Kuwait invasion

95
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Germany is reunified

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October 3 1990

96
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Warsaw Pact dissolved. When and what was it

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July 1 1991

Between Soviet Union and 7 other eastern bloc countries

97
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Soviet forces begin to leave Afghanistan

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May 15 1988

98
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Soviet member offers military aid to Cuba

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Feb 1960

99
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Bay of Pigs. When and What

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17-20 April 1961

failed attempt by US backed Cuban exiles to overthrow communists

100
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North used violence to attempt to reunite Vietnam

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January 1959

101
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Test Ban treaty

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October 1963

102
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Kennedy authorises Operation Mongoose

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Nov 1961

103
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Brezhnev in power

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October 1964

104
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Dubcek in Czechoslovakia

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January 1968

105
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Salt I signed

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May 1972

106
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Dime had killed 90% of Vietnam Minh by

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1958

107
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USSR develops first ICBM

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May 1957

108
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Austrian State Treaty - when and what

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1955

Demilitarise Austria

109
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US - Soviet Arms Limitation Treaty

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1969

110
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Test Ban Treaty

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August 1963

111
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Khrushchev removed from office

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October 1964

112
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Nixon resigns and Ford becomes president

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August 1974

113
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USSR won’t compete in World Cup

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November 1973

114
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Nixon bombs Vietnam

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December 1972

115
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Paris Peace Accords ends US involvement

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January 1973

116
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SALT I talks begin

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May 1972

117
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Nixon visits China

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February 1972

118
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Non Proliferation Treaty opened

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July 1968

119
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Non Proliferation Treaty ratified

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March 1970

120
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Vietnamization

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July 1969

121
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Nixon President

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January 1969

122
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Johnson is to running for reelection

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March 30 1968

123
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Test offensive

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January 1968

124
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Dino Soviet border fighting

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March 1969

125
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Brezhnev Doctrine clarified

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November 1968

126
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Soviet troops and tanks move into Prague

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August 1968

127
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Dubcek Action programmes is announced

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April 1968

128
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Death of Brezhnev

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November 1982

129
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Andropov becomes General Secretary of USSR

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November 1982

130
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Reagan’s “Evil Empire” speech

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March 18 1983

131
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Civilian Korean Airlines shot down by Soviet interceptor aircraft

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September 1 1983

132
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US forces invade Grenada in an attempt to overthrow Marxist military

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October 1983

133
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Able Archer 83

When and what was it

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November 1983
Code name for command post exercise carried out by NATO. It sent Soviet nuclear forces into high alert - almost causing a nuclear war!!!

134
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Reagan reinforces foreign policy

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January 1984

135
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Cherenkov replaces Andropov as General Secretary

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February 1984

136
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Soviet Union boycotts the LA Olympics

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July 1984

137
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Margaret Thatcher opens new channels of communication with USSR

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December 1984

138
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Boris Yeltsin elected President of Russia

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May 1990

139
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet - INF treaty ratified

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May - June 1988

“Evil Empire” revoked

140
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Gorbachev announces the end of Soviet military intervention in Eastern Europe

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December 1988

141
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George H Bush becomes President

A

January 20 1989

142
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All Soviet troops out of Afghanistan

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February 2 1989

143
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Spell Afghanistan

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A f g H a n i s t a n

144
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spell Gorbachev

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G o r b a c h e v

145
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Poland elections show no support for communists

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June 1989

146
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Hungary allows multi party politics and communist rule comes to an end

A

October 1989

147
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Berlin Walls falls - when and what did it lead to

A

November 1989

Revolution in Eastern Europe

148
Q

Malta Summit - when, who was there and what was it about

A

December 1989
Gorbachev and Bush
“Era of Peace” signalled the beginning of the end of the Cold War

149
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union

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March 11 1985

150
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time. Where and when and what did they do

A

November 1985
Geneva
They arrange more meetings

151
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Chernobyl disaster

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April 26 1986

152
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Reykjavik summit. When and what was it about

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October 11-12 1986

A breakthrough in nuclear arms control

153
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Reagan in Berlin challenges Gorbachev to what

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June 1987

“Tear down this wall”

154
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Proxy war in Angola begins

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September 1987

155
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Gaitler report when and what

A

November 1957

Recommended strengthening of the US military by increasing number of ballistic missiles

156
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What do Glasnost and Perestroika mean

A

Openness and reforms (economic and political)

157
Q

Why did Soviet Union collapse

A

Gerontocracy (ineffective old leaders who replaced one another)
Economic weakness due to Afghanistan and Arms race
Nationalism and hunger for reform in Eastern bloc countries
Reunification of Germany

158
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Who was Chancellor of Germany when it reunified

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Helmet Khol

159
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Gorbachev main points

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Brought in Glasnost and perestroika
Called free elections in USSR
Withdrew from Afghanistan
Abandoned the Brezhnev Doctrine and took up what he jokingly referred to as the Sinatra Doctrine (allowing Warsaw Pact countries to determine their own affairs)

160
Q

Coup against Gorbachev When and what happened

A

August 1991
Communist hardliners who were against Gorbachev reforms
Gorbachev refused to give in to their demands and was supported by Yeltsin

161
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Brezhnev Doctrine when and what was it

A

1968
Provoked by Prague Spring
said that any threat to any communist state was a threat to communism overall and the USSR would act accordingly

162
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SALT 1 talks main points

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1970-74
5 year freeze on construction of missile launchers
End to construction of ICBM, submarines ad long range missiles
USA & USSR only allowed 2 missile defence screens which reestablished MAD
Compromise on both sides

163
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

A

Signed August 1963
Effective October 1963
Britain, USSR and USA agreed to ban nuclear tests in the atmosphere, space and underwater
France and China did not sign

164
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Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

A

Signed 1968
Effective 1970
Superpowers could not transfer nuclear weapons to other countries or assist other countries with their development

165
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Main points for Brezhnev

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1968-82
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Helsinki accords
Invasion of Afghanistan

166
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Helsinki Accords

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July /August 1975

Talks to improve relations between communists and the West

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