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16 Cards in this Set
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Ostpolitik
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better relations between East and west germany
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My Lai 1968
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mass murder of Vietnamese civilians by US Army troop
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Salvador Allende
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Chilean President 1970 (first marxist president of LA)
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Result of Nixon trip to China (1972)
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shift in cold war status quo (china sided with the US instead of USSR)
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MAD
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mutually assured destruction
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SALT 1
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froze number of missiles to existing level (allowed for new sub missiles if old ones were dismantled first)
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MIRV
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(multiple independent reentry vehicle) ballistic missile with several warheads that can hit multiple targets
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Vietnamization
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(Nixon's reaction to Viet Cong Tet's offensive) trained south Vietnamese troops and reduce US troops
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Sino-Soviet Border conflict
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(1969) fight over islands along the river border, result was declining relations with USSR
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Nixon policy outlines
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end VN war, more negotiations with USSR, new relations with China
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Problem according to H. Kissinger
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no long term vision, US lost sight of Intl Order, only US can preserve world of diversity
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conceptual coherence in FP (1)
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recognize multi-dimensional nature of power (Nixon/HK/US didn't want to have sole responsibility for securing global equilibrium) Flexible perception of interests
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conceptual coherence in FP (2)
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forget attempts to change other societies, security dependent on geo-pol context
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conceptual coherence in FP (3)
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recognition of limits, US can't be everywhere, sufficiency was new policy (task was to convince USSR of same) (efforts to surpass USSR will only provoke them)
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Nixon doctrine (1969)
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US will provide shield if Nuc power threatens ally
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Carter Doctrine (1980)
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US will use force if national interests (oil) were threatened in the persian gulf
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