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Détente and confrontation (1969-1979)

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What is the outcome of the six dYS WAR?

Nixon in doctrine israel is a proxy ally. Egypt and Israel will make peace and sort of become allies if it gets back the Sinai desert. Syria and Jordan also want to make deals. Nixon wants to have closer ties with Israel to get a better position in North Afric

Why did the amercians intervene in the oil crisis?

Americans saved them, because of the oil crisis, because allies of Israel don't get oily anymore. The US doesn't need the oil but it is bad for eu and japan and this is bad for the oil prices.

What killed detente ? In africa?

Angola and Horn of Africa. Angola’s autoritaire regime . The portege colonies gained independence. A civil war erupts in Angelo, a leftist one supported by Cuba and the Soviet Union. The other side is mostly supported by south-africa with still holds namibia?
Us starts to involve itself, because there was anger in congress. They feel that the soviet union is abusing the detente of the cold war to spread communism in Africa. The Sovjet never promised to do that; they promised peaceful coexistence. This was one nail but the bigger nail was Afghanistan.
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What kind of president  was jimmy carter?

He was a detente president and wanted to build a new economy after the oil crisis. He was involved in detente till 1979. Carter turns over detente and takes sanctions against the soviets, economic sanctions. This hits the farmer states but they are republicans so it doesn't hurt Carter.

Who was jimmy carter?

Carter > former governor of California. President of Human Right Agenda, he promoted the idea, only do serious business with States that advanced those rights. Criticism on Nixon’s policy who did business with everybody including communist China and dictators, moral backslash against the more cynical Nixon years. He got a lot of support in the elections, it didn’t work very well in international relations.

Why didnt dtente getfar under carter?

arter’s agenda did not get far in terms of détente because the US parliament didn’t have majority anymore to support it and US was losing the military competition and had to invest in this not in human rights. Not true but people thought it anyway

What happend in afghanistan that killed detente?

Afghanistan killed détente. 1979 > SU decides to military intervene in Afghanistan to save the communist party, SU was forced to choose sides, communist rebellion against the leader they chose and they massively invade Afghanistan, kill the rebellion. Decision taken by a long debate, those who opposed it most were the leaders of the KGB. Andropov opposed the intervention because of the trauma of Czechoslovakia

What is the prague spring?

Prague spring: 1968 > change of the line of government of the communist government, they wanted to liberalize the economy and thinking about a move to a federal state, unjustified fear of the SU that the next step was leaving the Warsaw pact. The SU and its European allies decided to invade Czechoslovakia, it went wrong because the resistance was bigger than anticipated and there was also resistance with the Red Army. Andropov it was a trauma that they couldn’t really trust their own troops. Why did they decide to invade anyway?

What is the brezhnev docterine?

Brezhnev doctrine:  Statement during Prague spring  Repeat of Lenin’s ideas > SU cannot use self-determination to regress.  Difference to Western understanding of pluralist democracy > regular file elections.

Gorbachov was elected to reform the economy how?

Elected to reform economy  End arms race, trade with the West  Always clear need for détente.  Idea of Perestroika-economic reform.  Period of transition idea.  Starting to understand needed more competition, required more personal freedom and also more political freedom.

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