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Mind Map by cfordhammoss, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by cfordhammoss
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American foreign policy in the 1970 and early 1980s
- Detente was there main foreign policy at the end of the Vietnam war
- The cease fire was agred in 1973
- Only after Russia had lunched an attack on the south n 1972 to did the two super powers relise there was no winner to the Vietnam war.
- Soon after the americans began to take there troops home
- However this did not win the war mearly take America out of it
- This meant that in April the 25 1975 when the north Vietnamese people lunched an attack on the South the south could not resist it whithout America.
- ethese are the things which made America look for a new Foreign policy this had been a waste of time, life and energy this is when Nixon decided that detente was the best sollution.
- ethese are the things which made America look for a new Foreign policy this had been a waste of time, life and energy this is when Nixon decided that detente was the best sollution.
- This meant that in April the 25 1975 when the north Vietnamese people lunched an attack on the South the south could not resist it whithout America.
- However this did not win the war mearly take America out of it
- Only after Russia had lunched an attack on the south n 1972 to did the two super powers relise there was no winner to the Vietnam war.
- policy was continued even after Nixon fell from office after Watergate in 1974
- The cease fire was agred in 1973
- As a result of detente this lead Nixon to to visit and make peace with China this was shoking as the Americans resented China for the best part of 3 years
- This lead to much better relations between the two other countries.
- Also lead to good relations beetween America and Russia
- Also lead to good relations beetween America and Russia
- This lead to much better relations between the two other countries.
- Arms Control was manly limiting IBCM
- Nixon said that America was focused on sufficiency now
- This meant that the American Goverment only whanted to be able to themselfs
- This meant that the American Goverment only whanted to be able to themselfs
- This happend in the Salt 1 talks in Helsinki on the date of 19735
- Nixon said that America was focused on sufficiency now
- The salt 2 agrements stated more cuts on weapons however the American congress rejected this as Russia had invaded Afganistan 1979
- A new President was called in who took a hard line approche to the communists
- Starting a new Arms Race called star wars
- Ronald Reagen also gave a speach calling Russsia the Evil Empire
- The American scientists were told to see if there was a way of being able to shoot down Russian missiles from space
- Called the seacound cold war
- Ronald Reagen also gave a speach calling Russsia the Evil Empire
- To show this America boycotted the Olymic games
- Starting a new Arms Race called star wars
- A new President was called in who took a hard line approche to the communists
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