Road to Detente Flashcards
1
Q
Johnson comes to power
A
22 Nov 1963
2
Q
Great Society
A
$15.5 billion, domestic reforms
3
Q
Brezhnev comes to power
A
1964
4
Q
MLK jr assassination
A
4 April 1968
5
Q
Robert F Kennedy assassination
A
6 June 1968
6
Q
Prague invaded by Warsaw troops
A
20 Aug 1968
7
Q
Dubcek
A
Socialism with a human face
8
Q
Number of Warsaw troops to terminate Prague Spring
A
20 Divisions
9
Q
Brezhnev Doctrine
A
26 Sept 1968
10
Q
Nixon comes to power
A
20 Jan 1969
11
Q
Pressure groups for disarmament
A
CND 1957
GreenPeace 1971
12
Q
USSR to achieve Nuclear Parity
A
1969: 27,300 10,500
1979: 24,600 27,900
13
Q
PRC Nuclear Capability
A
1964
14
Q
Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
A
1968: Xin Jiang
1969: Zhenbao Island
15
Q
Ping-pong diplomacy
A
1971