The Cold War

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TheCold War1970 to 1980
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I.) Leonoid Brezhnev

• 1964 Communist party leaders vote to replace
  Krushchev
• Repressive economic policy
• Limit basic rights

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II.) Policy of Detente
President Nixon And Henry Kissinger
Brezhnev Nixon
Détente U.S. Policy of reducing Cold
War tensions
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III.) Nixon visits China

• February 1972
• President Nixon becomes first American since WWII
  to visit communist China

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IV.) Nixon visits Soviet Union

• May 1972
• President Nixon becomes first American since WWII
  to visit Soviet Union

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V.) Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT)

• 1972 Series of meetings between Nixon Brezhnev
• Result SALT I Treaty
• 5 year agreement to limit intercontinental
  ballistic and submarine launched missiles each
  country could have

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VI.) The Helsinki Accords
President Gerald Ford

• 1975 33 nations join Soviet Union and U.S.
• Outcome Sign commitment to détente cooperation

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VII.) SALT II Treaty (1979)

• June 1979 Brezhnev Carter for second round of
  negotiations
• Result SALT II Treaty signed but U.S. Congress
  refuses to ratify due to Soviet invasion of
  Afghanistan

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VIII.) Détente Cools

• Late 1970s
• Tensions begin to rise
• European Asian nations begin to build nuclear
  weapons