Road to 2nd Detente Flashcards
Brezhnev Term
1964-82
Andropov Term
1982-84
Andropov Age
69
Chernenko Term
1984-85
Chernenko Age
73
Gorbachev comes to power
11 March 1985
Arms Race toll on Soviet Economy
15-20% of GDP
Soviet economy suffering from
Central Planning System & Inefficient Command Economy System
USSR GDP compared to USA
37%
Chernobyl Disaster
26 April 1986
Severity of Chernobyl
400x Hiroshima
Gorbachev Policies
“New Thinking”: Glasnost (openness) & Perestroika (transparency)
Sinatra Doctrine
1989
George Shultz
USA Secretary of State, 1982
Geneva Summit
1985
Reykjavik Summit
1986
Murmansk Initiative
1987
Washington Summit
1987
Governors Island Summit
1988
Moscow Summit
1988
Malta Summit
1989
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)
1990
Limits of CFE
20,000 tanks per alliance
13,300 max from each country
Charter of Paris
Democratic Rights & Individual Freedom