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The COLD WAR: Attempts at Détente

The COLD WAR: Attempts at Détente. Insert your own catchy subtitle! That’s right, this is a DIY Powerpoint . The 1 st slide is already done for you !. Rising Tension in the U.S. . 1953: “New Look” - a shift from reliance on conventional weapons to a nuclear threat.

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The COLD WAR: Attempts at Détente

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  1. The COLD WAR: Attempts at Détente Insert your own catchy subtitle! That’s right, this is a DIY Powerpoint. The 1st slide is already done for you!

  2. Rising Tension in the U.S. • 1953: “New Look”-a shift from reliance on conventional weapons to a nuclear threat. • 1955: “Massie Retaliation” – threatening full scale nuclear attack on the USSR in response to any communist aggression. • 1967: “M.A.D.”- Mutually Assured Destruction was a policy that relied on ones ability to destroy the enemy as a deterrence.

  3. Cracks In the East: Prague Spring • “Socialism with a Human Face” • Potential to Spread…

  4. No Joy: The Brezhnev Doctrine • Warsaw Pact Responds • Announcing The Brezhnev Doctrine

  5. Détente: A Change of Heart • 1969: Nixon • SALT I • SALT II • Helsinki Accords

  6. Threatening Detente • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan • Olympic Boycott

  7. The End of Détente. • Ronald Reagan • Military Spending • “Evil Empire” • SDI • KAL-007

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