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Nixon & Foreign Affairs

Nixon’s Foreign Policy• “Multi-polar World”

– The world is more than just US & USSR

• “Nixon Doctrine”– Trying to avoid direct

intervention– But heavy military support

for non-communists

• “Détente” – An attempt to relax tensions

with USSR & China Nixon and Henry Kissinger

Page 3: Nixon & Foreign Affairs. Nixon’s Foreign Policy “Multi-polar World” –The world is more than just US & USSR “Nixon Doctrine” –Trying to avoid direct intervention

The “Multi-polar World”

Page 4: Nixon & Foreign Affairs. Nixon’s Foreign Policy “Multi-polar World” –The world is more than just US & USSR “Nixon Doctrine” –Trying to avoid direct intervention

Henry Kissinger:“I don’t see why weneed to stand by andwatch a country gocommunist due to theirresponsibility of itsown people.”

Page 5: Nixon & Foreign Affairs. Nixon’s Foreign Policy “Multi-polar World” –The world is more than just US & USSR “Nixon Doctrine” –Trying to avoid direct intervention

Argentina• CIA coup

overthrows elected Alllende government

• Dictator Augusto Pinochet is installed

• The “Dirty War” with tens of thousands murdered

Pres. Salvador General AugustoAllende Pinochet

“Dirty War Victim”

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China & USSR

• Nixon visits Red China in 1972

• Partly to make the Russians nervous

• Later visits the USSR

• This from a solid anti-communist!

Page 7: Nixon & Foreign Affairs. Nixon’s Foreign Policy “Multi-polar World” –The world is more than just US & USSR “Nixon Doctrine” –Trying to avoid direct intervention

The Oil Crisis• OPEC (Oil Producing and Exporting

Countries)– Oil rich countries (mostly Middle East) join

together• Raise prices

• US supports Israel in 1973 Arab-Israeli War

• OPEC cuts off oil to US– Prices quadruple in weeks

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