HIS344Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Arms Control, Treaty On Conventional Armed Forces In Europe, Konstantin Chernenko
Document Summary
The us and latin-america and the decline of. The decline and fall of the soviet empire. The changing of the guard in the kremlin. Attempts to eliminate corruption, inefficiency, improve labour productivity. Strove to settle cold war conflicts around the world which threatened the peace. Sought arms control agreements that would terminate soviet-american competition in conventional and nuclear weapons. Renegotiate start after having been given up in 1983. Reagan had big budget deficit - increase in military spending. Could not agree on sdi missiles --> failed. Reduction in armed forces by half a million men over the next two years. The specter of castro and the demise of the alliance for progress. Cuba supplying weapons to other latin american states. Oas broke diplomatic relations and suspended all trade. Ussr continued supplying oil, raw materials at subsidized price, purchasing sugar from cuba. Cuban-supported communist revolutions failed in other latin american states.
