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Nixon and Detente

Nixon and Detente. Nixon Doctrine. 1) Peace requires partnership (allies). 2) Peace requires strength. 3) Peace requires negotiations. 4) US will aid first, fight second. 5) Nationalism is not communism. America after Vietnam 1) Weakened Economy. --Bretton Woods.

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Nixon and Detente

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  1. Nixon and Detente

  2. Nixon Doctrine 1) Peace requires partnership (allies) 2) Peace requires strength 3) Peace requires negotiations 4) US will aid first, fight second 5) Nationalism is not communism

  3. America after Vietnam 1) Weakened Economy --Bretton Woods US Gold Reserve Foreign Dollar Holdings 1948: $24.4 bn $7.3 bn 1959: $19.5 bn $19.4 bn 1971 $10 bn $ 80 bn

  4. --Currency Overvalued August 1971- US off of Bretton Woods System 2) Social Problems 3) Relative Military Decline

  5. Active Soldiers (thousands) Airpower

  6. Détente- Relaxation of tensions Or Containment by Other Means • Balance Powers • Satisfaction

  7. US Policies 1) Relations with PRC China dislike of USSR --border disputes --1969 “Almost Nuclear War”

  8. 1971- UN Changes Policy February 1972-Nixon goes to China Shanghai Communiqué

  9. Jan 1, 1979- Formal Recognition Taiwan Relations Act 1979 American Institute in Taiwan 2) Trade with Soviets Jackson-Vanik Amendment

  10. 3) Arms Control --Testing and NWFZ

  11. SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 1) Predictable 2) Parity 3) Deterrence 4) Detente

  12. 1972- SALT I • ABM Treaty 2) Freeze SALT II- Contention and Afghanistan (1979) Problems with Detente

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