HIST 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cuban Missile Crisis, Anti-Ballistic Missile, Brezhnev Doctrine
20 Feb 2018
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This module will focus on d tente (a set of principles an de-escalation of the cold war was possible and achievable. Unfortunately, like everything in life, it comes at a cost. The module will examine both in order to determine what lessons can be learned from d tente and how it affected the cold war. The successful de-escalations contain valuable lessons that can be applied to other conflicts. Key assumptions an considerations: the urgency of ending the war in vietnam, gaddis talks extensively about the crisis of trust and growing unrest in the united. States culminated in radical protests in 1968: us failures galvanized the protests and the new nixon administration eagerly sought an exit to the war that would not leave south vietnam in crisis. It limited the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and the anti-ballistic missile treaty. Both treaties created the necessary framework for further talks, deeper arms reductions and verification process.
