HIS 1101 Study Guide - Glasnost, Strategic Defense Initiative, Warsaw Pact
Document Summary
During d tente it meant no more arms being produced so money should go towards social programs but the ussr had no money to put into the country. Life was day-to-day and there was not a lot of social life. Afghanistan 1978-1979: afghanistan in instable in 1970"s, may 1978 a man (taraki) assassinated the regime leader and makes it the democratic republic of afghanistan and makes it communist. He tries to reform the social structure, they are not traditional with islamist beliefs and the resisters are named the mujahideen or soldiers of god and although unorganized try to take down taraki"s government. Taraki is also threatened by his prime minister ahmin and is then assassinated by him in 1979. Ahmin wants to be independent of the ussr and wants to be more west. In 1979 ussr sends forces into afghanistan to stop ahmin and to stabilize the communist regime. The soviets kill ahmin and replace him with a puppet leader.
