HIS344H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Richard Pipes, Equal Voice, Henry Kissinger
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Recognized as us"s equal despite the fact that its economy and condition was much worse than the us. Thought they had equal voice and equal right to express opinion. Us still saw latin america as its own domain. Each saw d tente differently - different meanings, interpretations. Kissinger criticized for signing a deal with state that abused human rights. "what do 200 missiles matter between two friends?" American missiles were much better, the americans did not necessarily need as many missiles because they were better. Ussr had worse missiles, needed more to try to match the us. Criticized us for being excluded in israel peace negotiations. If we are equal, we should be involved. Support for d tente and absolute commitment to human rights (january. Brzezinski orders these stations to increase their propaganda effort against the ussr. Emphasis shortcomings of communism and domestic problems of the ussr. Made it harder for carter to salvage d tente.
