soviet invasion of afganastan Flashcards
in afganastan genraly what what the political state and what was happeneing
unstable due to lots of changing in leadership
what was all the changes in leadership in afganastan
king
kings cousin
taraki
amin
kamal
who was the PDPA
comunist party in afganistan
name three things in the 3rd that hilight instablity in 1979
-islamic revoulution in iran
-sandinista revolution in nicaruyua
-coup in el salvidor
why did instablity in the 3rd world fear the ussr
the ussr needs to protect themselves-thus invasion
when did the ussr invade afganastan
december 1979
why did the ussr replace amin even though he was communist
he wasnt the right type of communist
feared he may alienate afgans leading to instablity
align with us/china-unreliable
how big was the border between the ussr and afgagstan
2500km
what did the ussr fear would happen if afganastan aligned with the us
it would geopoliticaly strengthen the us at the expese of the ussr
what did the ussr believe military intervention would do in afganastan
restore popular and stable socialism
in what way was the soviet invasion of afganistan in line with the basic principles of 1972
believed it would prevent hostile external influences thus presurving the status quo
when was the carter doctrine
23rd jan 1980
what the carter doctrine say
us preped to use military force if the us try to control the persian gulf/threaten us intrests- truman doctrine in middle east
what did the carter doctrine demonstraigt in us forign policy
departure from detente and cooperstion and into truman style confrontation and containment
why was afganastan so significant for the us
neibouring irans pro american regieme overthrown-feared this would elad to collapse and com influence
what impact did afganastan have on SALT 2
jan 3rd 1980 carter withdrew it from senet
what did carter announce for the ussr jan 4th 1980
further measures inc
-trade embargo on grain, limiting fishing ablity
what other measures did carter take post afganastan
-military responce to expansionism
-aimed to get NATO members to suspend eu detente-they didnt
-increased 1981 defence budget
what ultamatum did carter give the ussr
withdraw from afganastan or no detente
how did the ussr see the us responce to their invasion in afganastan
didnt see it as a responce but a pre panned action to end detente
what was the impact of the soviet invasion of afganastan for the ussr
-lost media war
-became involved in a civil war
-conscript army w high desertion
-gurilla warfare
-brutalising effect on soldiers
-tough responce from carter
