Second Cold War

Question 1

What happened in 1979?

Answer 1

Iranian Revolution and subsequent Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Question 2

What were the soviet losses in Afghan?

Answer 2

13,000 troops dead.

Question 3

What did the Brezhnev Doctrine essentially allow?

Answer 3

Justified invasions of other nations. e.g. Prague Spring 1968

Question 4

Which Olympics did the U.S boycott?

Answer 4

Moscow 1980

Question 5

Which Olympics did the USSR boycott?

Answer 5

Los Angeles

Question 6

What was the political shift in the late 1970s/early 1980s?

Answer 6

A move away from post war social democracy towards a more neo-liberal conservative politics.

Question 7

Who was voted in as German Chancellor in 1982?

Answer 7

Helmut Kohl

Question 8

What did John Lewis Gaddis argue about Reagan’s approach to the USSR?

Answer 8

That Reagan was never aggressive, or wished to overthrow the USSR. He simply put them under pressure with increased military spending and this forced policy change.