Impact of new personalities

Question 1

What did Reagan believe that the US needed to return to?

Answer 1

-Unilateralism (relying on state’s own resources)
-Restoring its military strength

Question 2

What did Reagan fear about communism?

Answer 2

It was still expansionist and it would spread unless USA was able to contain it

Question 3

Why were START talks abandoned?

Answer 3

USA deployed missiles in Europe in November 1983

Question 4

What did Thatcher allow USA to do in 1986?

Answer 4

Allowed the USA to launch F-111 bombers against Libya

Question 5

What was Thatcher’s rewards for allowing USA to launch bombers in Libya?

Answer 5

USA agreed to allow Britain to extradite suspected IRA terrorists for trial in Northern Ireland, who were taking refuge in the USA

Question 6

How did Thatcher becoming PM affect Anglo-American relations?

Answer 6

Began a honeymoon period in Anglo-American relations

Question 7

What did Pope John Paul II believe was necessary?

Answer 7

To work for peace and reconciliation among the peoples of the world, and for opening the borders
-Spoke on the need to reunite Europe