Afghanistan Flashcards
A consequence of Afghanistan was the US promising aid to bordering countries, a
new Rapid Deployment force to meet threats in the middle east and …% defence
budget increase. This new US policy was called the…..doctrine
5%
Carter
A consequence of Afghanistan was the Senate refused to ratify ( approve) SALT II.
The arms race was back,……………. was dead.
détente
Sanctions were a response to the Afghanistan invasion. Grain& technology exports
stopped, so did …imports from Soviets
oil
Afghanistan invasion. Led to a diplomatic fall out. In 1980 USA & .. ..others
boycotted the……Olympics
61
1980 Moscow
…. , new US president Reagan called the Soviet the evil empire. Announced plan
for a trillion dollar defence budget and new anti missiles system called…
1981
SDI
The costs of the new arms races, …bn a year in Afghanistan and other problems led to
Gorbachev’s ‘… thinking’ reforms. These helped bring the collapse of soviet control
8bn
new
How many troops soviets have in Afghanistan
100,000
