From Cold War to detente 1962-81 Flashcards
The Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962
Test Ban treaty- Moscow
5th August 1963
Kennedy’s assassination
November 1963
Khrushchev removed from office/ replaced by Brezhnev
1964
China gets A-bomb
October 1964
Johnson becomes President
1964
US ‘rolling thunder’ bombing of North Vietnam
February 1965
6 Day Arab-Israeli War
June 1967
The Prague Spring
1968
The Non-proliferation treaty
June 1968
Aim to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
Nixon becomes president
January 1969
Nixon Doctrine
1969
America should only fight when national interests are at stake
Guam Doctrine in Vietnam- Will hand fighting to South Vietnamese
German-Polish Treaty
December 1970
Acceptance of German-Polish borders- Order Neisse
Hotline set up between white house and Kremlin
1963
4 Power Agreement on Berlin
September 1971
Saw Recognition of East Berlin as part of the GDR. Freer movement of people between East and West Berlin
Willy Brandt- Beginning of Ostpolitik
October 1969
Nixon visits China
February 1972
Meetings with Mao Zedong
Berlin Transit Agreement
May 1972
Access to and from West Berlin, East Germans could visit West Berlin for family emergencies
The Basic Treaty
December 1972
Sovereignty of both the FRG and GDR
Nixon-Brezhnev Summit/ SALT 1
May 1972
Nixon-Brezhnev Summit Washington
June 1973
Agreement on Agriculture, cultural exchange and transport
Middle East War (Arab-Israeli)
October 1973
Yom Kippur War- Egyptian president Sadat attacked Israel to regain Sinai dessert lost during 6 day war 1967
Nixon-Brezhnev Summit/ SALT 2
June-July 1974
Ford-Brezhnev Summit/ Vladivostok Accord
November 1974
SALT 2 plans