Détente Flashcards
Table tennis
1971 us team played in China
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty
1968 not sharing nuclear tech
Detente: china UN
1971 us dropped Vito and allowed china to join UN
Detente : Nixon
Nixon visited china in 1972
SALT 1
1972 strategic arms limitations talks agreed to limit their isles and bombers (USA+ussr)
Helsinki agreement(3)
1975recognised soviet control of e.europe ,trade agreement, ussr promised to respect human rights
Causes of detente(3)
USA shocked my ‘nam ,needed to stay out of world affairs
Arms race was expensive
Oil price went up, both struggled
Limitations of non-proliferation treaty
Other countries could develop nukes (china,SA, Israel)
Limitations of SALT1
Neither really did anything, salt 2 followed in 79 and did little aswell
Limitations of Helsinki agreement
All it did was confirm iron curtain and Russia ignored human rights
Limitations of table tennis and space meetings
They were isolated events and for publicity