History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 46, Part 1 – The 1970s
29 Mar 2012
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War in vietnam ended, domestic wars subsided. Rock no longer the music of revolt, lost its edge: lyrics didn"t matter as much, more of a social tranquilizer than a political tool. Emergence of disco: ultimate symbol of disillusionment. It seemed like nothing happened , period of odd trends. Richard nixon: vice president to eisenhower, republican; restore law and order campaign, end the war in vietnam, employed a southern strategy, china. Us had rejected the new government of china. Nixon changed it, wanted to establish relations with china. Nixon visited china in 1972: the nixon doctrine . Believed that the us should maintain the status quo in the third world. Us participate in development of countries they considered allies and friends but allow them to develop themselves. Decreasing support of authoritarian regimes facing revolution. Chile when threatened with fascist regime, us financed the opposition of the new leader: nixon won second election by largest margin in history, 60. 7%
