INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
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Decrease the number of treaties with the Soviet Union.
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Increase the number of missiles owned by the United States.
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Decrease the number of missiles owned by the United States.
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Increase the opportunities to negotiate with the Soviet Union.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brinkmanship was an effective tactic during the Cold War because neither side of the conflict could contemplate mutual assured destruction in a nuclear war. The nuclear deterrence of both sides threatened massive destruction on each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under the Reagan Doctrine, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to “roll back” Soviet-backed pro-communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 23, 1983 in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to embark upon groundbreaking research into a national defense system that could make nuclear weapons obsolete.
Detailed explanation-4: -Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), byname Star Wars, proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks-as originally conceived, from the Soviet Union. The SDI was first proposed by President Ronald Reagan in a nationwide television address on March 23, 1983.