History

Riley Webster

4 August, 08:28

In 1982, relations between the U. S. and the Soviet Union

became deeply strained after the Soviet Union

А

was discovered to have encouraged Iran's taking of US

hostages at the American embassy in Tehran in 1979

B

threatened war if the US went ahead with plans to develop

and deploy the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

shot down a Korean Airlines flight when it strayed into Soviet

airspace

D

implemented trade policies that had the effect of creating an

enormous trade deficit for the U. S.