Ch 7 Cold War and Europe

"Cold War in Europe" chapter 7

1. How much progress was made towards detente in Europe in 1963-69 and what problems had to be overcome?
a. describe two treaties - test ban treaty, signed by Britain, the USA, and the USSR , which banned the testing of nuclear tests in the atmosphere, water, and in outer space, also the nuclear non-proliferation treaty was signed both of these were significant because they split the world into two blocs, where each was divided into the certain superpowers.

b. why had the US lost some of its moral authority?
This was due to the Vietnam war in which the US was fighting ruthlessly and losing. A wave of anti-Americanism occurred in Europe and in particular with the western allies.
c. what were the Europeans focused on during this time? what made their task easier?
The fall of Khrushchev made it6 easier on negotiations since the next leader of the USSR wasn't as erratic.
d. how did Franc contribute to detente?
1. French forces withdrew from NATO, expelling the headquarters in Paris
2. announced that the European states should liberate themselves of the bloc-mentality of the Cold War
3. began weakening the dollar when the US was going into financial pressure

e. how did the Hamel Report define the role of NATO in the age of detente?
This prevented the political fallout from the Vietnam war destroying the western alliances. It stated that the USSR and the US needed to be under relative terms in order for peace to occur in western Europe. Also the report stated that collective defense was key in stabilizing world politics.
f. what three factors combined to weaken Soviet control over the eastern bloc?
The Soviet retreat from Cuba, the growing atmosphere of detente, and the Sino-Soviet split all combined to weaken the USSR.
g. according to the Bucharest Declaration, what were the goals of the Warsaw Pact for detente?

* recognition of post-war frontiers in eastern Europe
* the creation of a new European security system
* veto on nuclear weapons in Western Germany
* a program for economic, scientific, and technically operations between the East and West.

h. What three steps did Dubcek take in Czechoslovakia, which lead to the Prague Spring?

* abolished censorship, which led to anti-Soviet propaganda in Czechoslovakia


i. How did the Prague Spring end?
Divisions of the Warsaw-Pact came and invaded Czechoslovakia and terminated Prague Spring.