foreign policy under G bush 1989-93 Flashcards
why was Bush’s presidency so significant?
he oversaw the end of the cold war?
what was the first event that signified the end of the cold war?
Gorbachev reduced the USSR’s military budget and withdrew around 200,000 Soviet soldiers from Asia.
when did Gorbachev reduced the
USSR’s military budget?
january 1989
when were the last soviet troops withdrawn for Afghanistan?
February 1989,
when did communist governments in eastern europe start to collapse?
1989
what are examples of communist governments in Eastern Europe?
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Hungary
when did the process of removing the Berlin wall begin?
9 th November 1989
when was east and west Germany united?
October 1990
when did the Warsaw pact end?
March 1991
how did the cold war end?
the USSR was dissolved and became the commonwealth of independent states
when was the USSR dissolved?
December 1991
why were START talks started?
the deterioration of the USSR’s relative world
power there was no longer any need for the USA to continue building newer and more expensive destructive weapons.
when was the SALT I treaty signed?
in July 1991 in Moscow (russia)
what did the SALT I treaty do?
limited the number of START I Treaty, 1991
strategic launchers and the number of nuclear warheads for both countries. The Treaty would represent the largest arms control in history.
what was Americas position at the end of 1990?
the cold war had ended and a new world structure would emerge that would see the USA hold a very strong position in global affairs as the only superpower.
