Collapse of Detente (12 mar 1979 ano – 12 mar 1985 ano)

Descrição:

- 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.

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