Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

If one nation attacks the other, the other nation retaliates which leads to the destruction of both. This concept was known as mutually assured destruction or (M.A.D). M.A.D. eventually led to the establishment of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). (Lecture) The first (SALT) treaty was signed in 1972 and then again in 1979. This treaty prevented The United States from attacking the Soviet Union through the use of nuclear weapons. Vice…

and Britain together with France declared war on him. This was the start of a war that would span over six years. There was a destruction of property gained during the rise after the First World War. “The products of industry-tanks, submarines, strategic bombing-had destroyed the structures of industry society-factories, ports, and railroads (Joshua Cole 643).” The Second World War is estimated to have claimed 45 -60 million lives. This war is said to the most deadly events to ever grace the…

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In the book The Cold War on page 154-155 it talks about how when he took presidency that he had many problems he needed to fix. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara had introduced the idea of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). This strategy was based on the belief that if Soviet atomic missiles ever…

to focus more on the economic issues (History.com Staff, 2010). These new reforms also gave USSR citizens more freedom of religion, which in turn led to Soviet Union becoming a form of democratic nation. Mikhail Gorbachev was determined to end the arms race with the United States. and decided to attempt to negotiate with President Ronald Reagan. Reagan and Gorbachev met several times and eventually both signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987. The treaty required that both…

He started rebuilding our nuclear arms to match the number of weapons the Soviets had. By increasing our warheads he was able to get the Soviets to realize that they will not override one of the greatest militaries in the world. He increased the amount of men within the military and encouraged…

Why are nuclear weapons tolerated given their overwhelming destructive power? This has been justified by the theory of nuclear deterrence. This theory hypothesizes that if a nation armed with nuclear weapons threatens nuclear retaliation, other countries will refrain from initiating a military attack. It began its life after Hiroshima as the threat to destroy cities. During the Cold War, nuclear deterrence preserved the peace between the two great powers by making the resort to a nuclear war…

The Soviet Union, or USSR, had its roots in the early 1900s and has had multiple leaders. Each leader of the USSR had their own policies and legacies, which set themselves apart from one another. One of these leaders was Leonid Brezhnev, who was the successor of Nikita Khrushchev. Brezhnev rule was defined by his domestic policies, stagnation, and relations with the US. Although he brought much power and prestige to the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev’s legacy is mostly remembered by his rule…

American troops out of the country. The victory in Vietnam signaled an end to the American policy of communism containment. The Soviets began producing nuclear weapons and this was alarming to the United States. President Nixon signed the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT I) in fear of the Soviet advancement (End of Cold War). After the industrial era came the technology era; the Soviet was stuck in…

one another in technology and weaponry, but since World War two just ended both nations agreed to not attack unless the other nation did. To attempt to end the cold war president Richard Nixon negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) prohibiting the manufacturing of nuclear arms, and agreed with the Soviet Union to settle things without the use of violence. Though the two nations looked equal in power without weapons, many European nations agreed and sided with America turning its…