Comp III dates Flashcards
1
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
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1968 – Conclusion of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty paves the way for West Germany to renounce any claim to acquire nuclear weapons.
2
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Warsaw Pact created
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1955
3
Q
Brezhnev years in office
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1964 - 1982
4
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Vietnam War
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1964 - 1975
5
Q
US-Soviet Summit
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- Nixon and Brezhnev. Signed the SALT treaty on offensive nuclear missiles and the ABM treaty
6
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Jackson-Vanik
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1974 - Stevenson and Jackson-Vanik amendments imposing conditions on US credits to USSR and on US-Soviet trade.
7
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SALT II
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signed in 1979. Ratification postponed b/c SU invaded Afghanistan later in 79
8
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Gorbachev in office
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1985 - August 1991
9
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INF Treaty
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1987 - Gorbachev and Reagan sign INF Treaty calling for complete abolition of US and Soviet medium- and shorter-range nuclear missiles in Europe and for unprecedented verification measures.
10
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START I signed
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1991
