Cold War Detente

CHY 4UW

Miss Blom

Spring 2006

  

 

1.      a) In Source D, what is meant by the following statement: "Recalling that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, States must refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations, and that the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security are to be promoted with the least diversion for armaments of the world's human and economic resources… " (3)

b) What message is portrayed by Source B? (3)

  1. Compare and contrast the nature of the arms limitations talks as portrayed in Source A and Source E.(6)

 

  1. With reference to their origins and purpose, assess the value and limitations of Sources C and D to historians studying Cold War detente. (8)

 

  1. Using the sources and your own knowledge, assess how effective the arms limitations talks were in reducing the tensions of the Cold War. (10)

 

 

 

Source A: Detente With the Soviet Union

Source B: Nuclear Limits Image

Source C: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty History

Source D: Actual Treaty Document

Source E: United Nations WMD