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Richard Nixon & the Policy of Detente
-Nixon visited Moscow and signed many contracts with Brezhnev.
-Purpose was to create a period of time for calm during the tension between the US and USSR from the Cold War. -
Ronald Reagan addresses the National Association of Evangelicals
-During the speech, he coined the term Evil Empire in describing the USSR
-Speech mainly discussed moral conflicts, such as how the USSR would underlay democracy -
Summit in Geneva, Switzerland
-Meeting between & Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva Switzerland
-Talked about international diplomatic relations and the Arms Race -
Reagan speech at Brandenberg Gate, West Berlin
-Reagan attempted to tell Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall
-Given on the 750th anniversary of Berlin, at the bridge near the wall.
-Quoted newspaper headline "Tear Down the Wall!" -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF Treaty
-Treaty which eliminated nuclear and conventional ground launched ballistic and cruise missiles within intermediate range
-Put into affect June 1, 1988 -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
-Not fully torn down
-People came with hammers and similar tools to break off and take chunks of the wall (Manerspecht) -
Fall of Soviet Union
-Leaders of multiple countries of the USSR met a few days earlier and stated their desire to no longer be apart of the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
^^^Roughly just the end of December^^^
-Soviet Russia sent thousands of of troops into Afghanistan and took control of the government and politics in cities like Kabul
-Began the decade long attempt by Moscow to subdue the Aghanistan civil war and maintain a friendly socialist government