Collapse of Detente (mar 12, 1979 – mar 12, 1985)
Description:
- 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.
Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 12, 1979
mar 12, 1985
~ 6 years