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1
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how much did USA give to greece?

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$400 mlln

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what caused blockade?

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deutschmark
w ger. was seen as richer
bizonia
LASTED 10 MONTHS 48-49

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FRG

GDR

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1949

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consq. of blockade

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stalin humiliated
west/USA seen as strong
FRG/GDR
NATO

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5
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airlift facts

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13,00o tons of supplies in 24hrs at peak
1 plan per 3 mins
medecine etc.

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6
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consq. of truman doctrine

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cominform 1947

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consq. of comecon Jan 1949

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NATO Apr 1949

warsaw pact 1955

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arms race

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USA detonate atomic bomb 1945 -?> hiroshima
USSR detonate atomic bomb -> 1949
USA detonate H bomb -> 1952
USSR detonate H bomb -> 1953
MAD -> deterred war
USSR catching up
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consq. of warsaw pact

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hungarian uprising 1956

tensions with west

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rakosi’s rule

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russion skl/street signs
falling living standards
no free speech
collective farms
AVOs
stepped down for "health" reasosn
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berlin wall refugee facts

e. ger.

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1000 oer day in 1960
4 mlln 1945-61
young professionals

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berlin ultimatum

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1958

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einsenhower invites khrushchev

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1959

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paris summit

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1960
USSR shot down U2 USA spy plane before conference
USA didnt apologise
khrushchev stormed out
high tensions
vienna summit planned
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vienna summit

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1961
khrushchev tried to intimidate by increasing defence budget by 30%
kennedy increased military spending by $3.5 blln
high tensions

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gero’s rule

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unpopular
removed after large student demonstration
soviet books were burnt there

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naggy’s rule

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withdraw soviet troops
leave WP
AVOs abolished
free elections
private farmland
free speech
hungarian street signs
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18
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what happened to naggy?

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arrested and executed

acted as a deterrent

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hungarian uprising

facts

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1956
troops + tanks -> shot at peaceful protesters
3000 hungarians killed
200,000 fled to austria

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who replaced naggy?

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kadar

21
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consq. of jfk berlin visit

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reinforced usa commitment to w. ger./berlin

usa seen as a country of freedom

22
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describe batista

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used by usa govt.
cubans suffered
removed by castro in rev. 1959

23
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cuban rev. consq.

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usa sanctions
refused to buy sugar/refine oil
fire sprayed on sugar plantations
cuba communist
oct -> blockade
USA spy plane shot down over cuba
DEAFCON 2
prep for WW3
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soviet response to cuba

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$100 mlln loan
refined oil
anadyr -> missiles in cuba

25
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bay of pigs

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1962
CIA trained rebels
failed -> kennedy humiliated
mongoose

26
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telegram 1 + 2

A

usa to leave cuba alone
usa remove turkey and ussr remove cuba
agreed secretly
china split

27
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detente

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hotline -> moscow + washington

privacy with problems

28
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limited test ban treaty

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1963

only test nuclear missiles under ground

29
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outer space treaty

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1967
no nuclear weapons in space
usa + ussr meet up in space

30
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nuclear non-proliferation treaty

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1968

superpowers cant give nuclear tech to other countries

31
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prague spring

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1968
novotny’s reforms failed to solve falling living standards
brezhnev replaced him with dubcek to prevent rebellion
human face

32
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dubcek reforms

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free speech
democratic elections
reduce secret police powers
more western travel
workers councils
33
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brezhnev reaction to prague spring

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doctrine -> 68, cant revert to capitalism, follow ussr’s way
worried CZ would leave WP and threaten economy
spread of these ideals to poland/ e. ger.
invaded with 500,000 troops in august
80-200 killed

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brezhnev comes to power

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1964

35
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nixon comes to power

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1969

36
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nixon visits moscow

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1972

arms race stopped temporarily in detente

37
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SALT 1

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1972
no more ballistic missiles (short range)
1 AMB
succcessful limitation
reassured MAD
froe arms race
38
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SALT 2

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1979 
reduce nuclear warheads to 2250
ban new ICBM launchers
to last until 1985
failed due to afghan invasion in 1979 on x-mass
USA thought USSR wasnt serious
39
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helskinki accords

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1975
USA, USSR + 33 others
security -> USSR accept w. ger.
cooperation -> economic/culture links
human rights -> free speech, religion, unfair arrest
40
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afghan invasion

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1979
x-mass
remove amin to stop instablility spreading
end of detente -> tension, carter doctrine

41
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carter doctrine

A 
1980
condemned invasion
use military force for interests in persian gulf
economic sanctions on USSR
funded mujahideen
42
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SDI

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restarted arms race
satellites to intercept soviet missiles as a shield
"star wars"
gave USA adv. -> could strike 1st#
scared USSR
43
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INF treaty

A 
1987
remove intermediate range nuclear missiles from europe
2692 weapons destroyed
usa kept SDI
lead to end of cold war
WP/NATO less relevant
44
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gorbachev’s new policies

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abandoned brezhnev doctrine
e. european countries can chose own govts
free polish elections -> solidarity
hungary open borders to austria

45
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perestroika

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restructure economy to include free market reforms

46
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glasnost

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openness

free speech

47
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germany reunified

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1990

full NATO member

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