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22 Cards in this Set
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MOSCOW TEST BAN TREATY |
AUGUST 1963 Treaty banning nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, Outer Space and Underwater.
Officials saw that it could reach a dangerous level. Signed bu US, USSR and GB. France and China refused. |
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GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION |
AUGUST 1964 US Naval Vessel had been attacked by NV, so US bombed NV naval base. Congress gave Johnson the right to do anything he wanted without consulting congress in Vietnam. Leads to escalation. |
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MAO'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION |
1966 Wanted to assert his authority over Chinese gov and economic development. 1970s Closer links with the US and formal diplomatic relations made in 1979 |
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TET OFFENSIVE |
JANUARY 31 1968 70,000 NLF Soldiers attack 100 targets in SV taking them by surprise. 37,000 NLF soldiers killed. 2500 US/SV soldiers killed. |
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PRAGUE SPRINGS |
1968 - CZECHOSLOVAKIA Dubcek in power - The Action Programme Inc: freedom of speech, press, trade unions, free business decisions... Planned open boarders with the west and no TV/press censorship - led to Soviet invasion (Warsaw countries) 100 killed, 500 injured UN and US - no involvement |
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THE BREZHNEV DOCTRINE |
1968 Affirms the rights for USSR to intervene in any communist country to strengthen communism. But CZ's still demonstrated in the streets, Gustav took power with USSR military present until fall of communism in 1990. |
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DETENTE |
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries. |
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NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY |
1968 In response to China testing the nuclear bomb. Major powers agreed to stop the spread of nuclear technology. Not allowing trade but allowed to test for peaceful reasons. No country willing to give it up, but agreed on limitations. |
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STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATIES - 1 |
THE ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY - MAY 1972 Achievement for Nixon and Kissinger. Limits on the USSR and US for AMBs - no more than 100 missiles After this, US dominance faded and they became equals. |
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STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY - 2 |
THE VLADIVOSTOK SUMMIT - 1974 10 year agreement, Soviets agreed to equal levels of ICBM launchers. Despite internal opposition in the US. |
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THE MOSCOW SUMMIT |
MAY 1972 Finalised the SALT agreements. 'The Basic Principles of Relations between the US and the USSR' US- set of aspirations. USSR- principles of fundamental importance for a future of detente. |
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JUNE 1972?? |
WATERGATE SCANDAL Gerald Ford succeeds Nixon as his VP and keeps Kissinger. |
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THE BASIC TREATY |
DECEMBER 1972 The treaty concerning the basis of relations between the FRG and GDR. Recognised each other as separate states with a normal relation. Both join the UN in 1973 |
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HELSINKI ACCORDS |
1975 - High point of detente. 35 countries signed the agreement. The west recognised the frontiers of West Europe and acknowledged Soviet influence in that area. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) |
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PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER |
1977 The Carter administration tried to establish ambiguous arms reductions for the USSR. Under pressure to be hardlined on the USSR arms reductions. |
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THE VIENNA SUMMIT |
JUNE 1979 SALT 2 was finalised at the the Vienna Summit. An achievement as US and USSR both attended and leadership spoke directly |
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OSTPOLITIK |
The foreign policy of western European countries of detente - Willy Brandt - West Germany. Wanted to reconcile relations between west and East Germany. |
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THE HALLSTEIN DOCTRINE |
1955 - Key doctrine in FP of the FRG. The FRG would not establish or maintain diplomatic relations with any state that recognised the GDR. There was no official document but it was announced on the radio. |
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VIETNAMISATION |
1969 Term coined by Nixon to describe US policy towards SV in the later stages of the war. Nixon desired to enable SV to take a greater respponsilibity of the war whilst US planned to withdraw and started reducing the US troops. He planned to fund the SV Army and provide military equipment. |
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PARIS PEACE ACCORDS |
JANUARY 1973 An agreement between North Vietnam and South Vietnam (and the US) that would bring an end to the war. It ended direct US military involvement but the fighting between the North and South was yet to stop. |
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SECRET VIETNAM TALKS? |
Kissinger met with Le Duc Tho, the NV negotiator to discuss and armistice between 1969-1973. |
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DEFINE: GDR: FGR: NFL: VIETCONG: PAVN: ARVN: |
German Democratic Republic (East) Federal German Republic (West) National Liberation Front (SV Nationalists) Slang for NFL (named by Diem) People's Army of Vietnam (North) Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South) |
