HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Carlos Menem, Falklands War, 1984 Summer Olympics Boycott
21 Oct 2016
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Argentina wants to take these islands back from the uk. They feel as though the us will support them and the uk will just let them go because they are so insigni cant. Margaret thatcher needs to galvanize support for the uk. The tradition of violence creates a society that is ready for violence, repression. The role of the united states, it can not be held responsible for the regime. Economic crisis and stagnation in the 1970s. Centrally planned housing in the 1950s and 1960s did not last. By the 70s it is falling to pieces. No money to build new places, social depression. Detan means less spending on military but the soviet did not have any money. Afghanistan, pro-soviet government, 1978-1979, president taraki, socialist five-year plan. May 78 - september 79, his prime minister kills him and tries to redirect the regime and tries to establish a relationship with the us.
