HIST 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Franz Josef Strauss, Helmut Kohl, Erich Honecker
4 Aug 2019
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The beginning of the end of the cold war in europe, 1976-83. John paul ii: nato, ss-20, salt i/ii, csce, helsinki, gdansk, lech walesa, solidarity, wojciech jaruzelski, cardinal wyszynski, erich honecker, helmut schmidt, helmut kohl, franz josef strauss, brezhnev, konstantin chernenko, pershing ii, cruise missile. 1979 symbolises the end of cold war ideology in east asia. The rise of islamism could be used as a marker as the end of the cold war; they rise to power or become important (1981 sadat assassinated, 1983 embassy bombings in lebanon) Superpowers are out of sync with developments on the ground. The period 1979-83 in europe lays the foundation for the end of the cold war post-cold war structures are being put in place. Nato-double track decision and afghanistan, 1979: decision made by nato december 1979 to offer the warsaw pact to negotiate on intermediate nuclear weapons; stationed by the soviet union in western ussr and east.
