130 likes | 324 Views
American Foreign Policy. 1945-Present Internationalism: World’s Policeman . Harry S. Truman (1945-1953). Hiroshima/Nagasaki Truman Doctrine The State of Israel Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift Korean Conflict (War) China (no recognition) Creation of NATO. Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961).
E N D
American Foreign Policy 1945-Present Internationalism: World’s Policeman
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) • Hiroshima/Nagasaki • Truman Doctrine • The State of Israel • Marshall Plan • Berlin Airlift • Korean Conflict (War) • China (no recognition) • Creation of NATO
Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961) • Korean Conflict • USSR Arms Race • Hydrogen Bomb
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) • Bay of Pigs Invasion • Cuban Missile Crisis • Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • Vietnam War
Richard Nixon (1969-1974) • Vietnam • Chinese recognition • SALT • “Vietnamization” • Laos/Cambodia • Indo-Pakistan War • Détente
Gerald Ford (1974-1977) • Fall of Saigon (Vietnam) • End of Vietnam War • Helsinki Accords
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Camp David Accords • SALT II • Afghanistan • Iranian Hostage Crisis
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) • Arms Race • Glasnost • SDI • Iran-Contra Affair • End of Cold War • Fall of Berlin Wall
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) • Invasion of Panama • Persian Gulf War • Soviet Union Break-up • NAFTA
William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001) • Rwanda • Somalia • Bosnia/Kosovo • Haiti • Palestine/Israel • North Korea • Cuban Refugee policy • Osama Bin Laden (WTC)
George W. Bush (2001-2009) • 9/11 • Afghanistan • Iraq • North Korea • Axis of Evil (5)