Chapter 4: Cold War - Part IV

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

The Cold War - End of the Cold War

• US wants protection against nucleair attacks
  
• SDI – Star Wars
  

If Star Wars would have been a success, what would have happened to MAD?

Which of these moments helped to end the Détente period?

1. End of the Vietnam War
2. Soviet invasion in Afghanistan
3. Peace talks over nucleair weapons
4. War breaks out between Iran and Iraq

What is the period in the 1960s and 1970s called when the US and SU were more at ease with each other

1. The Truce
2. Peace
3. Détente
4. Chill

New Arms Race!!

How would you describe the mood in the Cold War in the period discussed?

Gorbachev

• He wanted to keep the SU communist, but improve it
  
• His way to do this:
  
• Glasnost - openness
  
• Perestroika - reforms

Breznjevdoctrine

• In Eastern Europe, the SU was always the obvious leader 
• It was the protector of communism and wouldn't accept countries opting for democracy/capitalism
• In fact, the SU had the Breznjevdoctrine
• Theory - It said: communist countries can stop any country from giving up communism
• Practice - The Warsaw Pact had invaded countries in the previous decennia.

• 1988 End of Breznjevdoctrine
  
• Eastern European governments realize slowly that there will be changes: they cannot rely on Moscow anymore for (military) assistance
  
• After mass protests: Communism disappears without (much) violence, except for Rumania
  

1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall/End of Cold War

Would you have liked to witness the events discussed today? Why (not)?