HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Watergate Scandal, Henry Kissinger, Mao Zedong
Lecture 40 review
Ho Chi Min
Leader of North Vietnam
-supported self-determination for Southeast Asian people
-became increasingly communistic over time
-won Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
War that Ho Chi Min won in the Vietnamese War
Mao Ze Dong
Leader of Communist china
-led China's communist forces through a revolution
-significant figure of the Cold War
Anwar Sadat
Egyptian President who met with Jimmy Carder and signed Camp David Peace
Accords
Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK (US), Fidel Castro (Cuba), Khrushchev (Soviet Union)
-13 day confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union about if the US could
have missiles in Turkey
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Document Summary
War that ho chi min won in the vietnamese war. Egyptian president who met with jimmy carder and signed camp david peace. Jfk (us), fidel castro (cuba), khrushchev (soviet union) 13 day confrontation between the us and the soviet union about if the us could have missiles in turkey. At the end, the soviet union said they would take their missiles out from cuba back home if the us say the us would never enter cuba again without direct provocation. President who goes to communist china and recognizes them as a country. Secretary of state responsible for putting all of this together recruiting sadat. Orders bombing north korea of the yalu river. Macarthur wants to win the war and defeat china and north korea. First and only president forced to resign due to watergate scandal. Never impeached because he resigns before the house impeaches him.
