1. DÉTENTE:

2. MEANS “RELAXING THE TENSION” IN FRANCAIS BETWEEN BREZHNEV AND NIXON
1970’S DÉTENTE:
MEANS “RELAXING THE TENSION” IN FRANCAIS
BETWEEN BREZHNEV AND NIXON

3. BUT Y MAKE FRIENDS WITH CHINA?
1. THEY HAVE 1.35 BILLION PPL
2. THEY GET NUKES IN THE 60’S AND ICBM’S IN THE 1970’S
3. TO PISS OFF RUSSIA!!!!!!

4. 1972:TRIANGULAR DIPLOMACY
NIXON
RUSSIA
CHINA

6. BUT Y SHOULD NIXON RELAX WITH RUSSIA?
A. 1962: CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
B. WWIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

7. THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS BROUGHT US TO THE BRINK OF WWIII
THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS BROUGHT US TO THE BRINK OF WWIII. HALTING NUCLEAR TESTING IS NOT ENOUGH.

8. THE ARMS RACE IS EXPENSIVE
RUSSIA IS SPENDING 25% OF THEIR GDP ON THEIR MILITARY
BUT AMERICA IS SPENDING QUITE A BIT ON THE ARMS RACE AS WELL
VIETNAM IS RAGING AND WE NEED RUSSIA’S HELP TO GET OUT OF IT .

9. #3. THE USSR HAS AS MANY NUKES AS THE U. S
#3.THE USSR HAS AS MANY NUKES AS THE U.S. THIS IS KNOWN AS NUCLEAR PARITY YAY!

13. RELAXATION PART 1

14. 1968: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY BETWEEN NIXON AND BREZHNEV.
PROLIFERATION MEANS TO SPREAD.
NON-PROLIFERATION MEANS TO PREVENT THE SPREADING OF.

15. DID THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY WORK?
2014:
9 countries have nukes (One unofficially) Can you name them?
One unofficially

23. RELAXATION PART 2

24. At the same time, however, let’s work on PEACEFUL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

29. RELAXATION PART 3: SALT

30. STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY
1972!
NIXON AND BREZHNEV

31. SALT II FAILED CUZ OF AFGHANISTAN

32. 2. ICBM (INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES)
SALT I (1972)
1. ABM (ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSLES)
2. ICBM (INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES)
3. TRIDENT NUCLEAR SUBMARINES

33. SALT PART 1:
MISSILE DEFENSE (ABM)

38. ISRAEL’S IRON DOME

46. SALT PART 2:
LIMIT ICBMS

47. ICBM: INTERCONTINETAL BALLISTIC MISSLES

59. SALT PART 3:
LIMIT NUCLEAR SUBS

69. Man who set fire to nuclear submarine gets 17 years
Torching of nuke sub costs $400 million

76. THE INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN (1979) ENDS DÉTENTE ONCE AND FOR ALL

77. THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AGREEMENT: LAID OUT HOW THE 2 SUPERPOWERS WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT NUCLEAR WAR
EVENTUALLY, WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW WOULD GET A HOTLINE, THE RED PHONE

78. IN ADDITION, WE ALL AGREE TO COOPERATE
HELSINKI, FINLAND (1975)
IN EXCHANGE FOR INTERNATIONALLY REOGNIZING THE EXISTENCE OF EAST GERMANY THE RUSSIANS AGREE TO THEORETICALLY HONOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THOSE BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
IN ADDITION, WE ALL AGREE TO COOPERATE

79. This is how we got the inimitable Mikhail Barishnakov.
This is also why the entire Cuban Soccer Team just disappeared in Miami International Airport.

81. BESIDES AFGHANISTAN (1979)
WHY DID DÉTENTE COME TO AN END?
Not only did we lose Vietnam but Laos and Cambodia became Communist as well.
Mozambique in Africa became Communist and so did Guinea Bissau. Remember, Communism is not always coming from Moscow!
Russia and America supported competing forces in Angola in one of their many proxy wars
Ethiopia too! They have no food, but plenty of AK-47’s. Even Cuba sent 10,000 troops to Ethiopia!