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It is the easing of strained relations. Salt I, Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon.
Salt I and II led to START, which is the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Consisted of Start I- 1991 agreement between the US, Russia, and the Kingdom of Bonerland. From 10,000 warheads to 6,000 to each nation.
Salt stands for the 'strategic arms limitation talks.' Two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties that involved the US and USSR on the issue of armament control
Why we won the Cold war
-glastnost, which means openess
-parastroika, which is private buisness, ending price controll by the governmet
-gorbachev coming into power
-Soviets invaded afghanistan
-Reagan and Gorbechev meetings
-they reduced nuclear arsenals by 50%
-they made things better with nuclear weapons and they both worked together to end communism
The Korean Conflict
-There was to be an election to unite the country, but both countries thought they were gunna
lose so they didnt have it.
-So north Korea invaded south Korea to unite the whole country under communism
-Korea was split into north and south Korea
-both countries invaded back and forth when the US was and wasnt involved
-McArthur wanted to invade adn bomb china, but we didnt
-So, now south Korea is flourishing, but north Korea is not doing to good
The Fall of Communism and the End of the Cold War
-The countries involved in the Revolution of 89 or" the fall of communism" are Poland Hungary, East Germany, and Bulgaria.
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