Bolivia (crushed revolution after Bolivia nationalized tin mines) - begining of starting coups
hardline approach to USSR
Domestic policy
democracy prop.
fair deal
National Security act of 1947
loyalty security program
McCarthyism & the (second?) Red Scare
NSC-68
civil defense act of 1951
Dwight D Eisenhower (53-61)
Foreign policy
New Look: E + Dulles
(roll-back com. threat massive retaliation, not ground troops)
CIA had covert ops everywhere
Guatemala: Agricultural coup damages Latin American–United States relations.
Supported Iranian coup: Mossadegh
Vietnam War
Economic embargo on Cuba
Domestic Policy
new, cheaper weapons development to reduce military spending
increased federal responsibility for social welfare
space race (because sputnik)
federal highway act of 1956
John F Kennedy (61-63)
Foreign Policy
Bay of Pigs new frontier
Cuban Missile Crisis
Alliance for Proress
Increased defense appropriation
Increased troops to Vietnam (15000 military advisors + support units)
limited nuclear test ban for the USA & USSR
Green Berets & CIA
Domestic Policy
DC-Moscow hotline (teletype)
Minimum wage increase
More federal funding for education, social security, housing aid
man-power retraining act
peace corps
Armstrong on the Moon
was assassinated
Lyndon B Johnson (63-69)
Foreign policy
Operation Rolling Thunder
Camp David Accords (Egypt, Israel, USA) had Israel withdraw from captured territory in exchange for Egyptian recognition.
Richard Nixon (69-74)
Foreign policy
Vietnam: Henry A Kissinger pushed Nixon to stay in Vietnam. Everyone else disagreed. Nixon ordered 6e4 troops to withdraw in 1969, to try and please the public. He secretly planned (1970-04-30) with Kissinger a knockout blow bombing of Cambodia, which failed.
China:
Domestic Policy
Jimmy Carter
Foreign policy
Said stuff about human rights that wasn’t substantive
Focused heavily on the Middle East
Ignoring Latin America was an accident, leaving the mess to the UN Security Council
Let events define his policy, instead of having a clear policy in advance
Supported Helsinki Accords (criticized SU for not following them)
Iran Hostage Crisis: 1979-11, Iranian fundamentalists took 52 Americans hostage in the embassy, secret night helicopter rescue failed