HSTR 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Vise, Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger
2 Dec 2016
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The only reason sophia came to this class. Born in california, january 1914, parents not well off, brother died early, extremely ambitious, got a degree as a lawyer. Served in the navy, (from 1945-1992 every single american president served in world. Nixon builds his career on anti communism interest in foreign policy supporter in containment. Ran for the senate and was elected in 1950. By 1967, looking for the republican position to run for president. In foreign policy, he supports a new vision publishes an article in april 1967, asian after vietnam world had changed since 1945, believed that his change had happened gradually and not all at once. At this point the soviet union had the same nuclear capacity as the united states means the us had to revamp their strategy. By the end of 1969 the number of american troops deployed in vietnam had been cut in half. Promised to end the american war in east asia.
