Word: afghanistan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With some justification, political observers are agreeing that last week's summit was merely a public relations spectacle put on by President Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Indeed, no progress was made in arms control or on regional issues such as Afghanistan and Angola...
...giants, both have the strength of 10 nations but can't figure out how to use it. The U.S. may have figured this out in 1975 when Saigon fell; the Soviet Union is learning this critical lesson now as it tries to extricate itself from the disastrous campaign in Afghanistan...
...U.S.S.R.; it exists because they understand each other all too well. Americans are fundamentally repelled by the character of the Soviet system: its repression, state control and expansionist tendencies. When Gorbachev came to power, U.S. officials insisted that a decrease in tensions would require a withdrawal from Afghanistan, a reduction of Soviet meddling in Africa and Central America, and at home freer speech, a more open political system and a less centralized grip on the economy...
...detente. The costly linkup between the orbiting U.S. and Soviet capsules (price tag: $300 million) was promoted to test compatible docking systems but had little scientific value: the flight was the last for the Apollo program. Prospects for more joint missions disappeared in December 1979, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. "These missions start for policy reasons and stop for political reasons," says Nancy Lubin, a Government expert in U.S.-Soviet space cooperation. States NASA Administrator James Fletcher flatly: "Any major expenditure of money is not likely. We couldn't do much more than study the thing...
WORLD: As his army leaves Afghanistan, Gorbachev is set to welcome Reagan...