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DÉTENTE (WHY DID IT END? (Prague Spring 1968 (USSR ban E Eur countries…

- - - - invaded - necessary or not?
        
        justified as 'national security' (shared border)
      - final event that ends détente
    - - side with Arabs
    - - backed MPLA
      - USSR used Cuba in proxy war (C sent troops)
  - - - covert funding/weapons to FNLA - undermining democracy
    - - side with Israelis
      - refuse bilateral action/cooperation with USSR to resolve problem/bring about peace
      - move battleships into the area - show of force - threat to USSR
      - 1y after BP
    - - aggressive overreaction to USSR actions
      - used as excuse to end détente
      - scrap trade deals, remove fishing privileges etc
      - SALT II not ratified - USSR 'untrustworthy'
    - - Carter: pro-human rights so wanted liberty for Soviet Bloc citizens - didn't help détente!
      - attitudes to detente declined over time
      - pressure from advisors e.g. Brzezinski