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1 US Foreign Policy Since WWII Balance and Intervention 1

2 Cold War ●Two super powers remained after the end of WWII. ●Each became supreme within its own sphere and tried to expand its reach around the world. ○ NATO ○ Soviet Bloc/Warsaw Pact 2

3 United StatesSoviet Union (USSR) CapitalismCommunism Religious FreedomRestricted Religion DemocracyAuthoritarian NATOWarsaw Pact 3

4 Keeping the Balance 4 Containment Policy Middle East -Iran -Afghanistan Asia -Korea -Vietnam -China South America -Nicaragua -Cuba -Chile Alliances -NATO -Warsaw Pact

5 Cold War Fighting without fighting -Proxy Wars (indirectly fighting by supporting others in a conflict); Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan (1980s) -Arms Race -Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) -Aggressive Buildup of Weapons 5

6 Ending the Cold War -Nixon -Visit to China -Kitchen Debate -Reagan “Peace Through Strength” -Detente -Star Wars -Brandenburg Gate Speech - “Tear Down This Wall” -George H.W. Bush (Daddy Bush) -Fall of the Berlin Wall 6

7 World Police As the one remaining superpower the US has taken on the role of “world police” by intervening anywhere that it deems that it has an interest. -Interest could mean financial or humanitarian 7

8 World Police Europe -Balkan Crisis (1995) Middle East -Iran (1979) -Shah of Iran -Hostage Crisis -Marine Helicopter Disaster -Lebanon (1983) -Terrorist Attack on Marine Base in Beirut -Reagan sends in troops 8 Middle East -Iraq (1991) Desert Storm Stop the invasion of Kuwait -War on Terror -9/11 Attacks -Invasion of Afghanistan (2001) -Invasion of Iraq (2003) Africa -Somalia (1992)

9 American Intervention in Latin America Military and economic intervention in Latin America to support US interests. US would intervene anytime their interests seemed endangered. 9 Chile -supported pro-capitalist strongman, General Pinochet Cuba -Trade embargo from 1961 through 2015 to try to strangle support for Communist leader Fidel Castro Nicaragua -Officials in Reagan Administration funnelled money to anti- communist rebels - Contras Panama -US Marines captured military strongman and drug runner, Manuel Noriega

10 Reducing Trade Barriers ●NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement; Reduced and removed tariffs and other trade restriction between US, Canada, and Mexico ○ Maquiladoras ●GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; reduced trade barriers and tariffs between US and other major European nations ●CAFTA - Central American Free Trade Agreement 10

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