presentations:
nixon goes to china:
if china had not gone the route of being communist there would have been no war in korea and vietnam
ping pong diplomacy- our all american ping pong team received a suprise invitation to come play at the people's republic in china
broke the intentions between the US and china
meo zedong knew china's biggest threat was the soviet union
he wanted us to gain trust in him so he wouldn't be facin enemies on both sides
zedong wanted to take over taiwan
nixon considered taiwan and veitnam as irritants
he felt that they were getting in the way of what he was trying to accomplish
document passed saying that taiwan is a part of china
document didn't state the leader of china
taiwan is seperated from china
1970s peace attempts:
peace corps.- doctors, engineers, and horticulturists, account for more than a fifth of the volunteers; helped third world countries that were undeveloped
detente- easing the political tension; relaxation during the cold war
salt I- strategic arms limitation talks; involve the US and soviet union on the issue of armament control; reducing nuclear weapons
salt 2- negociations between jimmy carter and leonid brezhnev 1977-1979; never actually happened
effects of the soviet's invasion of afghanistan:
december 1979 was the invasion
1988 soviets left
sovtiets finance afghan and lead some of their military
were not happy have mohammed was leading the country
didn't invade to take over the country; did it to strengthen the communist gov't that was already there
civil war between the soviet troops and afghan guerrillas ro mujahideen; turned into the holy war
US helped the guerillas
soviets, at first, had good control over the guerillas
soviet killed innocent ppl
guerillas started to turn the soviets army around because their soldiers started to lose motivation to fight
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