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Summit in Geneva, Switzerland
The purpose was to bring together world leaders to begin discussions on peace.Although those discussions led down many different roads including arms negotiations, trade barriers, diplomacy, and even nuclear warfare. -
Richard Nixon and Policy of Detente
The period was mostly characterized by the signing of treaties such as the SALT I and the Helsinki Accords. A second Arms-Limitation Treaty, SALT II, was discussed but never taken into action by the United States or the USSR -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union stepped in to support the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War. They remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989. -
Ronald Reagan addresses the National Association of Evangelicals
On March 8, 1983, President Reagan delivered an address to a meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida. It referred to communism as "the focus of evil in the modern world," and quickly became known as his "Evil Empire Speech." The speech was delivered at a time when Congress was debating a resolution in support of a "nuclear freeze." -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as Star Wars, was a program created under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop an anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union.
"I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace, to give us the means of rendering those nuclear weapons impote -
Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost
To reform the Soviet Union, the democratization of the Communist Party was promoted through Party Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev‘s policies of “perestroika” and “glasnost.” Which Included a large amount of social and economic reforms.
entlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purpo -
Reykjavik Summit Iceland
The summit was a meeting place halfway across the world where the worlds two super powers met. The process took an extremely long time and resulted in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
“Before we can work things out in regard to armaments, we need to try to clarify the causes of mistrust. If we are able to eliminate it, it will be easier to resolve the problem of armaments.” -
Reagan Speech at Bradenburg Gate, West Berlin
The people of West Berlin at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Berlin wall listened to President Ronald Reagan.This speech by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin contains one of the most memorable lines spoken during his presidency. -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF Treaty
The Treaty between the United States and Soviet Union on the Elimination of their Intermediate-range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF Treaty) was signed by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev at a Washington Summit. -
Solidarity Movement in Poland
Polish trade union that became the first independent labour union in a country belonging to the Soviets. Solidarity was forcibly suppressed by the Polish government and become the first opposition movement to participate in free elections in a Soviet-bloc nation.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. The fall of the wall representing the end of communism and the end of the cold war. -
Fall of Soviet Union
The world watched in amazement, as the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen different countries. Its collapse was taken by the west as a victory for freedom, a win for democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism
