Section 3 (7): Foreign and International Policies Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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What was detente?
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term used in the west to describe the relaxing of international tensions.
2
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What was the 1969 Peace Programme?
A
- a detente policy; coincided nuclear parity with the USA
- held at the 24th congress of the CPSU.
3
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What were the benefits of detente for Brezhnev?
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- peaceful coexistence was a continuation of marxist-leninist ideology and could be justified
- American compromises likely due to USSR becoming its nuclear equal
- mutually reducing nuclear weapon numbers would help the economy
- soviet economic problems could be reduced if the west could invest in oil and gas and share technology with the USSR.
4
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What were the benefits to the USA and allies working with detente?
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- Nixon was keen to pull the USA out of the costly Vietnam war, so they needed the USSR to help negotiate a treaty with North Vietnam
- USA had 300,000 troops stationed in Europe that cost a lot to maintain
- The west needed new oil suppliers outside the middle east
- USSR potential huge market for western agricultural and industrial products.
5
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Dates Nixon was president?
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1969-1974.
6
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What did SALT stand for and when was SALT I?
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- strategic arms limitations treaty
- May 1972.
7
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What were the agreements of SALT I?
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- freeze number of missile system limit the number if antiballistic missile defence site to two.
8
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When was the Helsinki Final Act?
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1975 summer.
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