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The Climax of the Cold War

The Climax of the Cold War. Soviet split with China in 1960 became a complete break, occasional fighting. In the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev was forced to back down to Kennedy. Kennedy won the propaganda war over the Berlin Wall. Khrushchev replaced by Leonid Brezhnev

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The Climax of the Cold War

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  1. The Climax of the Cold War

  2. Soviet split with China in 1960 became a complete break, occasional fighting. • In the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev was forced to back down to Kennedy. • Kennedy won the propaganda war over the Berlin Wall. • Khrushchev replaced by Leonid Brezhnev • Brezhnev years were a period of détente between the USSR and the United States.

  3. Both the US and the USSR continued to develop nuclear weapons • … but signed nonproliferation agreements to limit number of nations with nuclear weapons. • Early 1970s superpowers held Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty talks. • Nixon sought Soviet help in negotiating a “peace with honor” in Vietnam.

  4. Dubcek, leader of Czechoslovakia in 1968, instituted reforms called “Prague Spring.” • Decentralized government, more free speech, and talk of an opposition party. • Brezhnev Doctrine allowed use of force to keep Warsaw Pact together. • Brezhnev sends troops to Prague, ousts Dubcek and rescinds reforms.

  5. 1968 • January – March, North Vietnamese “Tet Offensive” • January – August, “Prague Spring” • 4 April Assassination of Martin Luther King • May Sorbonne riots • Wide-spread strikes and civil unrest in France • 6 June Assassination of Robert Kennedy • 20–21 August Warsaw Pact forces invade Czechoslovakia

  6. 1969 • 20 January Richard Nixon becomes President • Begins negotiations with North Vietnam in summer • Begins “Vietnamization” • 8 August Tate-Labianca Murders • 15 – 18 August Woodstock • 6 December Altamont

  7. 1972 - US combat troops out of South Vietnam • “Easter Invasion” repelled by South Vietnam with US help. • November - Nixon reelected with 60.67% of vote (Third highest in US history) • 17 June: Watergate break-in • 19 June: Connection made to the White House • 8 August 1974: Nixon resigns

  8. Campaigns as an outsider. • Emphasizes “Human Rights” • Dismantles much of the US intelligence system.

  9. 1979 Iranian Revolution

  10. Iranian Hostage Crisis • 52 American diplomats held 444 days: November 4, 1979 - January 20, 1981 • 24 April 1980: Failed rescue attempt • (24 December 1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan)

  11. 8 killed4 wounded1 helicopter destroyed 1 C-130 destroyed5 helicopters abandoned/captured

  12. 1976 1980

  13. In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

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