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Chapter 2 Major Conflicts After WWII and Attempts to Make Peace

Sub-Theme 1 Major Conflicts and the Quest For Peace . Chapter 2 Major Conflicts After WWII and Attempts to Make Peace. D é tente Between the US and USSR (1968-79). Year. Event. 1968. Non-Proliferation Treaty signed . 1969. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks began. 1971.

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Chapter 2 Major Conflicts After WWII and Attempts to Make Peace

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  1. Sub-Theme 1 Major Conflicts and the Quest For Peace Chapter 2 Major Conflicts After WWII and Attempts to Make Peace Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79)

  2. Year Event 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty signed 1969 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks began 1971 Communist China admitted to the United Nations 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 1) signed 1975 Helsinki Agreement signed Joint American-Soviet space mission 1979 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 2) signed USSR invaded Afghanistan; Détente ended Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79) Time Track

  3. Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79) Reasons • A split between the USSR and China • China and the USSR became enemies since the mid-1960s • Both of them feared being isolated and were keen to create better relations with the US • The changes of American policy • The defeat in the Vietnam War drove the US to adopt the non-commitment policy in the 1970s

  4. Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79) Reasons • The fear of a nuclear war • Both superpowers knew that a nuclear war could bring about a total destruction of the world • This led to arms limitation talks held between them • The burden of military expenditure • High costs of the arms race affected the development of the country • Both the US and USSR wanted to use its own resources to develop its home economy and to solve the problems of home poverty

  5. Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79) Forms of cooperation • The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963 • The Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in 1968 • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT Talks) were held in 1969-72 • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 1) were signed in 1972 • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 2) were signed in 1979

  6. Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79) Improved relations between the US and China • A break-up of the USSR and China in 1960 was a relief to the West • The US table-tennis representatives visited China in 1971 • The member of China in the United Nations was resumed in 1971 • US President Nixon visited Mao Zedong in China in 1972 • Full diplomatic relations were established in 1979

  7. Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79) Improved relations between the US and USSR • The Helsinki Agreement was signed in 1975 between the US, the USSR and over 30 states. Together they recognized existing boundaries and agreed to observe human rights • American and Soviet astronauts met in space in 1975 during a joint American-Soviet space mission.

  8. Détente Between the US and USSR (1968-79) The end • The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the relationship between the East and the West worsen • The US refused to accept the treaty due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan • Détente ended in 1979. The ‘Second Cold War’ began. Cold War ended after the pull down of the Berlin Wall.

  9. The End

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