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REASONS FOR 'SECOND COLD WAR' 1979-84 - Coggle Diagram
REASONS FOR 'SECOND COLD WAR' 1979-84
ARMS CONTROL
SDI adopted 1983
LEADERS
REAGAN
THATCHER
POPE JOHN PAUL II
AFGHANISTAN
LED TO CARTER DOCTRINE
REAGAN REACTION TO INCREASE US POWER
LED TO US CUTTING TRADE AND DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH USSR
WESTERN & DOMESTIC OPPOSITION TO US FOREIGN POLICY
ANTI-NUKE SENTIMENT
ANTI-SDI
OSTPOLITIK MAINTENANCE
FLASHPOINTS
KAL OO7
EVENTS
USSR shot down Korean airliner with 61 US civilians on board
Andropov first denied involvement, then claimed it was a US spy plane
RESULTS
US-USSR relations reached breaking point
Reagan accused Andropov of intentionally killing US civilians
Andropov criticised US militarisation of the Cold War
POLAND SOLIDARITY
CAUSES
Pope John Paul II 1979 speech calling for European unity and 'non-conformity'
Government-imposed price rises led to strikes in summer 1980
RESULTS
Creation of Solidarity trade union, Lech Walesa leader - not initially politicised but eventually became so
Martial law imposed by General Jaruzelski in December 1981, US imposed sanctions, demanded that USSR allow Poland to govern itself
USSR banned Solidarity 1982