agreements/documents/pacts/etc Flashcards
SALT 1
1972
nuclear weapon limitations
no new icbm to be made
no new nuclear launch sites
no new nuclear submarines
MAD remain mutual
pos sign of collaboration
SALT 2
june 79
restrictions on missile launches
ban testing / deploying new icbm
not formally agreed
Carter withdrew it after soviets invaded afghanistan
Truman Doctrine
march 1947
speech announcing aid would be given to countries resisting communism
marshall aid plan- help countries recover from ww2
cominform
sept 47
spread communist ideas
build trade links with countries involved
tighten soviet control in east europe
comecon
25 jan 49
provide aid to be in line w communist principles
direct comp with marshall aid
increased tensions
cause for formation of NATO
NATO
april 1949
everyone would fight if one state attacked
led to ongoing US military presence in europe
warsaw pact
may 55
leadership entirely under ussr
consequence of west germany joining NATO
ussr,poland,hungary,romania,bulgaria,czechoslovakia, albania,german democratic republic
helsinki accords
1975
1)current european borders invioable
(germany would perm be split)
2) promote trade and links across iron curtain
economic dependence made war less likely
3)respect human rights (freedom of speech + free movement of people)
reagan doctrine
1980s?
usa support anti communist governments/groups
toppled communist govt in grenada