richard nixon
- Elected 37th President in 1968
-Promised to end the Vietnam War
-Pulled troops but increased bombing campaign, implemented Vietnamization
-Began a policy of Detente to lessen Cold War tensions
-Resigned after being implemented in Watergate scandal, 1972
-Promised to end the Vietnam War
-Pulled troops but increased bombing campaign, implemented Vietnamization
-Began a policy of Detente to lessen Cold War tensions
-Resigned after being implemented in Watergate scandal, 1972
Détente (a relaxation of tension)
- Reasons why U.S. sought détente:
-Nuclear and Strategic Parity - The Russians had caught the US in most military areas (caused them to want to think of other options)
-Early Success:
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (limit the spread of Nuclear weapons) Signed by Johnson in 1968 (Franace and China do not sign it)
-Many, like Henry Kissinger, felt détente was just a new form of containment
-Nuclear and Strategic Parity - The Russians had caught the US in most military areas (caused them to want to think of other options)
-Early Success:
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (limit the spread of Nuclear weapons) Signed by Johnson in 1968 (Franace and China do not sign it)
-Many, like Henry Kissinger, felt détente was just a new form of containment
ostpolitik
- German for "east politics"
- Western German Leader, Willy Brandt wished to unite the Germanys
-Wanted improved relations between the two
-1972 a Basic Treaty was signed with East Germany
-Accused of selling out to the communist East Germany, others see it as another détente move
- Western German Leader, Willy Brandt wished to unite the Germanys
-Wanted improved relations between the two
-1972 a Basic Treaty was signed with East Germany
-Accused of selling out to the communist East Germany, others see it as another détente move