détente and the end of the CW (1962-1991) Flashcards
1
Q
nuclear arms race
A
- soviet nuclear weapon
- “missile gap” => US fear
=> Brinkmanship : Cuba missile crisis
2
Q
nuclear arms control
A
- start of disarmament talks in the UN
- red telephone : limitation of nuclear test to underground only
- nuclear non-proliferation treaty
3
Q
start of disarmament talks in the UN
A
1959
4
Q
limitation of nuclear test to underground date
A
1963
5
Q
NPT date + aim
A
1968
prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
5 off nuclear weapons states
6
Q
Vietnam War : weakening of the US
A
- US growing support to the south : advisers
- start of US military engagement after Tonkin Bay incident : 500,000 troops + 60,000 casualties
- Vietnamization : new policy
- Paris Accords
- Fall of Saigon + com victory in Laos and Cambodia
- Vietnam syndrome : no more support of military intervention
7
Q
Vietnamization : date + what does it consist of
A
1969
gradual withdrawal of troops while gradually expanding military aid
8
Q
Paris accords
A
1973
9
Q
crisis of the bipolar system
A
- Decolonization/ 3rd World / Non-alignment Mouvement emergence: IR pluralistic + rejection of CW
- US weakened + challenged
- USSR domination challenged in the East
10
Q
US weakened and challenged
A
- Vietnam War + CW : US trade deficit + USD devaluation
- challenged by : FR pdt De Gaulle ( independent foreign policy, + nuclear weapons) + Ostpolitik + Harmel Report
11
Q
FR nuclear weapon
A
1960
12
Q
Ostpolitik : date, aim, person under it
A
1969 onwards
Willy Brandt
aimed at reducing tensions with hope of negotiating a peaceful reunification of G
13
Q
Harmel report
A
1967
NATO
trying to eliminate unnatural barriers btw E/W Europe
14
Q
USSR challenged
A
- Tito/Stalin breakup
- sino-soviet split
- Romania
- Prague Spring => Albania withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact
15
Q
Tito / Stalin breakup
A
1948
