POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 55: Paris Peace Accords, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nikita Khrushchev
12 Mar 2016
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Truman doctrine, marshall plan moved focus of cold war to asia"1962-91. 1959 fidel castro seized power over batista depended on sugar exports to usa, when eisenhower threatened to cut them off, cuba looked for support from other sources eg. su: gained aid and military assistance. Kennedy angered over socialist policy, supported cuban invasion. Castro declares nation communist, with help of su. 1962, u2 spy plane discovered missile sites on cuba: some thought that kennedy was showing a weak response, 13 day blockade around cuba secret negotiations held between most countries for security. Kennedy agrees not to invade, cuba removes missiles because of su, but. Khrushchev supported india with their brief war with china. Ho chi minh drove french colonialisms out of vietnam. Democratic republic formed in the north with hcm. Guerrilla force of vietcong supported by nv. Usa believed that the nv wanted to make all of vietnam communist domino effect.
