HISTORY 7B Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Table Tennis, Henry Kissinger, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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From ww2 to end of cold war, us policy makers tried to apply lessons they learned in europe to. Vietnam shattered belief that american money can establish everything. 1941: allies signed the atlantic charter- post war goals. 1945: vietnam declared independence after 100 years of being occupied. 1949: china became communist, many americans referred to this as the fall/loss of china. 1950: dean atkinson: states us will protect a pacific rim from communist expansions. Korean war was un action, but 9/10 soldiers were american. 38th parallel as dividing line between n and s korea. 1954: france continues to wage war to protect empire. Us provided french with economic and military aid. June 25, 1950: korean war begins: make laos and cambodia independent countries, divide vietnam at 17th parallel, vietnam to hold elections to unite n. and s. vietnam under single government. Us prevents free elections from taking place because it would allow ho chi minh to gain power.
