The Importance of Western Influence in bringing about the End of the Cold War
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- The Importance of Western Influence in bringing about the End of the Cold War
- Western Reactions to Afghanistan
- seen as an expansionist policy into the Persian Gulf
- Carter Doctrine
- boycotting of 1980 Moscow Olymicps
- suspension of grain exports
- funding of Mujahedeen
- The Arms Race
- Reagan came to power in 1981
- poured money into new missiles and the Star Wars programme
- broke Out of Space Treaty
- this put economic and technological pressure on the USSR
- Limitations of Western Influence
- Soviet spending on defence was already a 1/4 of its GDP
- main economic problems came from a failing system and oil shortages
- After the initial reaction, trade continued between the two superpowers
- Soviet spending on defence was already a 1/4 of its GDP
- Détente Revives
- 1985-88
- USSR and USA agree to reduce the number of missiles in Europe
- USSR realised it needed to reduce conflict with the USA when Reagan visited China in 87
- Western Reactions to Afghanistan
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