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The Cold War: Brinkmanship to Collapse

The Cold War: Brinkmanship to Collapse. 1950-1990. Nuclear Arms Race. US Uses A-Bomb in 1945 Soviets test A-bomb in 1949 Each side wants more than the other. Brinkmanship- Two Countries going to the edge of War M.A.D- Mutual Assured Destruction. SPACE RACE. A dual purpose

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The Cold War: Brinkmanship to Collapse

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  1. The Cold War: Brinkmanship to Collapse 1950-1990

  2. Nuclear Arms Race • US Uses A-Bomb in 1945 • Soviets test A-bomb in 1949 • Each side wants more than the other. • Brinkmanship-Two Countries going to the edge of War • M.A.D-Mutual Assured Destruction

  3. SPACE RACE • A dual purpose • ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missle) • Sputnik (1957) • Yuri Gargarin (1961)-Soviet Hero • Soviet victories embarrassed the U.S.

  4. Batista was leader of Cuba and backed by the U.S. Fidel Castro started a revolution in 1956, in Jan. of 1959 Batista fled Cuba and Castro took over. Revolution in Cuba

  5. U.S.A. President Kennedy wanted to overthrow Castro’s govt. The CIA trained Cuban exiles (nationalists) to invade Cuba. Apr. 17th, 1961 1,300 exiles (with US weapons) landed at the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs). They were captured by Castro’s Army. Bay of Pigs

  6. Cuba was afraid of a 2nd invasion so Castro agreed to let Khrushchev (the Soviets Premier) place Soviet missiles aimed at the U.S. in Cuba. A spy plane took pictures of the missile silos being built. Kennedy began to prepare for War if the ICBMs were not removed. Cuban Missile Crisis

  7. Kennedy decided to surround Cuba to stop the Soviets from send the missiles by placing a Quarantine. The Russian ships were coming, the U.S. Navy was not going to let them through….. WWIII was about to happen. This is called brinkmanship = the willingness to the edge of war. U.S. Soviet Stand-off

  8. Thankfully, war was avoided. (the Soviets agreed to send their ships back to the U.S.S.R.) The Soviets agreed to not put missiles in Cuba. The U.S. took missiles out of Turkey and promised not to invade Cuba. But tensions remained between USSR & USA End of the Cuban Missile Crisis

  9. Growing cooperation between the U.S. and USSR The ‘hot line’ Increased trade Tourism and cultural exchanges The Cold War Thaws

  10. Emergence of Detente Nixon (U.S.) and Brezhnev (USSR) Period of decreased tension Reversal from brinkmanship High point: Nixon’s visits to China and the USSR Results: SALT I treaty limited number of nuclear missiles Helsinki Accords: promise of cooperation The Cold War Thaws

  11. Reagan abandons détente Star Wars (SDI) becomes a symbol of American anti-Communism Increased military spending antagonizes USSR The Cold War Heats Back Up

  12. 1985: Gorbachev in power Reformer No connection to Stalin/old ideas Social reform through openness: Glasnost Increased freedom Economic reform through restructuring: Perestroika communism more efficient/productive Political reform through democratization Parliamentary elections Foreign Policy End arms race (can’t afford) New Leadership

  13. Poland 1989: government agrees to free elections Hungary 1980s: economic reforms 1989: new constitution Communist party disbanded Spirit of Reform Spreads

  14. Czechoslovakia Oppressive government arrests dissidents in 1989 Leads to popular protest and government crackdown Huge protests in Prague force government to resign Romania Most oppressive, last to reform 12/25/89: Ceausescu overthrown and executed Spirit of Reform Spreads

  15. East Germany 1989: leave through Hungary’s open borders 11/9/89: the Wall is opened Communists voted out One Germany 10/3/90: Germany is reunited Spirit of Reform Spreads

  16. Lack of economic progress under Gorbachev June 1991: USSR holds free elections Boris Yeltsin elected President Gorbachev critic, popular mayor of Moscow Coup attempt Hard-liners afraid of reform capture Gorbachev, order army to attack Parliament Failure, Communist Party collapses Republics declare independence Gorbachev resigns, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) formed Collapse of the USSR

  17. Ethnic conflict creates problems 6 ethnic groups, religious differences, mixed populations Milosevic makes Serbia dominant Croatia, Slovenia declare independence Bloody civil war, but succeed Bosnia: most ethnically mixed Independence leads to war and ethnic cleansing of Muslims Problems continue Collapse of Yugoslavia

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