Collapse of Detente (12 März 1979 Jahr – 12 März 1985 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

- Detente was going well --> US even sent the USSR people who were starving FOOD
- An astronaut from USSR and US shake hands in space

BUT

Soviets invade Afghanistan in 1979

1980s President Reagan has anti-communist policies
- increased defense spending
- put economic and military pressure on Soviets

TENSIONS RISE

Hotspots all over Africa, etc.

Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:

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