America as the Police of the World (1970 – 1980) Meeting 10 Matakuliah: G0862/American Culture and Society Tahun: 2007.

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America as the Police of the World (1970 – 1980) Meeting 10 Matakuliah: G0862/American Culture and Society Tahun: 2007

Contents The Antiwar Movement Nixon and The Watergate Carter and the Middle East Cold war and Glasnost The desert storm

The antiwar movement Student protest- UCLA

The antiwar movement More than 250,000 protesters gather in Washington, D.C., in the largest antiwar demonstration to occur during the Vietnam war.

Richard M. Nixon

Nixon and the Watergate Watergate" is a general term used to describe a complex web of political scandals between 1972 and The word specifically refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. Read: for further info

Carter and The Middle East

Cold War products:

The end of Cold War + Glasnost

Desert Storm

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