HIS344Y1 Lecture 16: Lecture 16.doc
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In the 70s, salt ii is agreed upon by carter and brezhnev. No matter how many problems and loopholes, the negotiations still went on. They achieved a crucial development in international relations: to lessen friction between the two states and to limit the number of nuclear weapons (especially the ones aimed at each other) each possessed. Intermediate and short range missiles were unaccounted for thus unlimited. All of these missiles were based in europe, targeting each other, employed by the warsaw. These missiles were left outside of discussion, brought the two military alliances into serious conflict, and initiated a new arms race, adding a great deal of tension in both washington and moscow on the overall direction of d tente. They were replaced by polaris missiles employing these weapons, the us and ussr reached parity in europe up until the mid-70s. Once you reach an agreement with the ussr, you take them off the hook.
