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Richard Nixon & policy of Detente
Dtente is a french word to release tenion. It was the name given to a period of improved relations between the united states and soviet union that began in 1971. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The war was faught between Afghanistan rebels called the Mujahideen and the soviet supported Afghanistan goverment. The united states supported afghanistan rebals in order to try and overthrow the communist goverment. -
Solidarity movement in poland (Lech Walesa)
When the polish were weak after ww1 and then Lech Walesa made poland a stronger and a democratic country. -
Ronald Reagan addresses the National Association Of Evangelicals
Ronald told a speech thats called "evil empire" it defined his attitude torwards the soviets. He critcizes the soviet union lack of religous belif. -
Strategic Defensive Initiative ("star wars")
It proposed united states strategiv defensive system against potential nuclear attacks that was orginally concieved from soviet union. It defends the united states from attacks from soviet (ICBMs) by intercepting the missles at various phases of thier flight. -
Summit in Geneva , Switzerland
It was a cold war era meeting in Geneva , Switzerland as tenions were on the rise , cold war leaders thought it would be a good idea to unite under a common cause for peace in Genveva. -
Reyhjavik summit , iceland
On October 11, 1986, halfway between Moscow and Washington, D.C., the leaders of the world’s two superpowers met at the stark and picturesque Hofdi House in Reykjavik, Iceland. Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev had proposed the meeting to President Ronald Reagan less than thirty days before. The expectations for the summit at Reykjavik were low -
Reagan speech at Brandenberg Gate , West Berlin
Ronald delivered a speech about 100 yards from the berlin wall. It was considered a challenge to Gorbaachev to prove he was serious about reforming soviet goverment polices. -
Gorbachev, Persestroika , Glasnost
Perestroktika was a poltical movement for reformation within the communist party of soviet union during 1980s. Associated with Gorabachev and his Glasnost (policy Reform) -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF Treaty
This treaty was between the united states of america and the union of soviet socialist republics. It was on elimination of thier intermediate range and the shorter range missiles. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
It was a peaceful and terribly violent that marked the time that had ran out of the soviet supported dictatorships in eastern europe. -
Fall of soviet union
The soviet union divided up into 15 seprate independent countries. When this happened Mikhail Gorbachev annocunced his resignation
