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Revision Sheet, Détente and SALT 1 (Oakley & Tiago) - Coggle Diagram
Revision Sheet, Détente and SALT 1 (Oakley & Tiago)
Détente
This arms race led scientists to create more and more destructive weapon's so that there side would have the upper hand.
With this great firepower the name (MAD) was constructed, this meant Mutual assured destruction this means in short that if the USSR Fires a nuclear weapon the USA will do the same resulting in the destruction of both sides.
After the second world war, an arms race formed between the USA and USSR. This started an arms race which involved developing missiles which could carry nuclear warheads into enemy territory.
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Key leaders involved:
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Henry Kissinger
One of the key figures in America's policy of Détente, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for is part in negotiating an end to US involvement in Vietnam. 1969, Nixon, appointed Kissinger as national security advisor.
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Ronald Reagan
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believed that Détente had allowed USA to lose face to USSR – returned back to aggressive anti soviet foreign policy
Reagan Doctrine- gave USA the right to support any country against Communism - showed the SU that the US was prepared to take forceful action against communism and its expansion.
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What made Reagan’s approach more effective was the support he received from Margaret Thatcher. The two leaders shaped the view of the USSR as the ‘evil empire’ and Thatcher was labelled by the SU as the ‘iron lady’. Her agreement to allow US nuclear missiles to be based in Britain was of vital importance in putting pressure on the Soviet Union.
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