Chapter 15: Cooperation Flashcards
1
Q
What were attitudes of Khrushchev before Cuba?
A
- peaceful coexistence
- Criticism from Mao - needed strong anti-western stance
2
Q
What were attitudes of Khrushchev after Cuba?
A
- Open to discussions about nuclear weapons
- Open to a relationship with US on mutual restraint
3
Q
What were Kennedy’s attitudes before Cuba?
A
- Criticised for being soft on communism - showed strong anti-communist policy
4
Q
What were Kennedy’s attitudes after Cuba?
A
- Showed goal of decreasing nuclear weapons
- Began negotiations to prevent further use
5
Q
What did Cuba show?
A
- How nuclear war needed to be avoided
- MAD
- Kennedy & Khrushchev foreign policy shift
6
Q
Why were negotiations left to their successors?
A
- Khrushchev ousted 1964
Kennedy assassinated 1963
7
Q
What was the Washington - Moscow hotline?
A
- 1963
- Direct phone line for emergencies
8
Q
What was the impact of the hotline?
A
- First used 1967
- Mostly unused
- Did reduce tension when used
9
Q
When and why was the Moscow test ban treaty signed?
A
- First proposed by USSR in 50s
- Finally signed 1963
- Some unwillingness by public to soften stance x most saw threat of nuclear war and helped push it through by public pressure
10
Q
What did the test ban treaty state?
A
- Banned nuclear testing in the atmosphere and underwater
11
Q
How was the test ban treaty flawed?
A
- Did not ban underground - partial ban
- France and China refuse to sign
12
Q
What did the test ban treaty signify?
A
- 1st collective agreement
- Confirmed commitment to reducing weapons
13
Q
What was the nuclear non proliferation treaty?
A
- 1968
- Agreed not to share weapons or weapons based technology
14
Q
What did the non proliferation treaty aim to do?
A
- To prevent non-nuclear states forming alliances with nuclear states
15
Q
Who signed it and when?
A
- Most UN countries 1968 - 70
- China and France 1992
