1. COLD WARRIORS COLD WAR OF THE 1960’S AND BEYOND

2. COLD WAR DETAILS: BAY OF PIGS, CIA INSPIRED INVASION OF CUBA. POORLY PLANNED. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. THE CLOSEST THE TWO SUPERPOWERS COME TO NUCLEAR WAR. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BERLIN WALL. THE SYMBOL OF SOVIET REPRESSION. TO EASE THE COLD WAR TENSIONS THE “HOT LINE” IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE U.S. AND U.S.S.R. DEVELOPS THE FLEXIBLE MILITARY RESPOSNE. GET TROOPS TO AREAS QUICKLY. EXPANDS THE U.S’ ROLE IN VIETNAM AS GREEN BERETS SERVE AS ADVISORS. PRESDIENT JOHN F. KENNEDY 1960-1963

3. COLD WAR DETAILS: USED AN INCIDENT IN THE GULF OF TONKIN, IN NORTH VIETNAM IN 1964 TO EXPAND U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM. 100,000’S OF U.S. TROOPS ARE FIGHTING AGAINST AN ELSUIVE ENEMY IN DIFFICLUT JUNGLE CONDITIONS. THE VIET CONG FIGHTERS USE GUERILLA WARFARE TACTICS, TUNNELS, AND TRAPS TO KEEP THE U.S. SOLDIERS FROM WINNING. THE WAR BECOMES AMERICAS FIRST “LIVING ROOM” WAR. PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WATCH THE WAR PLAY OUT NIGHTLY ON T.V. AT HOME THE “CREDIABILITY GAP” WIDENS. THE GOVERNMENT IS TELLING THE PUBLIC WE ARE WINNING, YET THEY SEE AND HEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON TELEVISION. THE TET OFFENSIVE FUELS CALLS FOR AN END TO THE WAR IN 1968. PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON 1963-1968

4. COLD WAR DETAILS: DESPITE HIS CAMPAIGN PLEDGES TO REDUCE OUR ROLE IN THE WAR, NIXON INCREASES IT. THE U.S. DOES TRUIMPH IN THE SPACE RACE BY PUTTING A AMAN ON THE MOON IN 1969. THE MY LAI MASACRE AND NIXONS SECRET INVASION OF CAMBODIA MAKES THE WAR EVEN MORE UNPOPULAR. VIETNAMIZATION : TURN THE WAR OVER TO THE VIETNAMASE WHILE WE WITHDRAW. HIS PEACE PLAN IS CALLED PEACE WITH DIGNITY. THE WAR ENDS IN 1975 BUT LEAVES A PAINFUL LEGACY. NIXON DOES TRAVEL TO CHINA AND MOSCOW UNDER THE POLICY OF D’ETENTE OR RELAXING OF TENSIONS. NIXON RESIGNS IN DISGARCE AFTER THE WATERGATE SCANDAL. PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON 1968-1974

5. A BREAK FROM THE COLD WAR PRESDIENT FORD 1974-1976PRESDIENT CARTER 1976-1980

6. PROVIDED A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO AMERICA. RELATIVE UNKNOWN FROM GEORGIA. VERY PERSONABLE. THE U.S ECONOMY TANKS. AN ENERGY CRISIS. SOVIETS INVADE AFGHANISTAN 1979.BECOMES THE U.S.S.R. ‘S VIETNAM. D ‘ETENTE COLLAPSES UNDER CARTER. DOES BROKER PEACE BETWEEN EGYT AND ISREAL CAMP DAVID ACCORDS. 1979 IRANAIN HOSTAGE CRISIS BEGINS. NEW LEADER AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI TAKES POWER AND THE HOSTAGES. U.S. HOCKEY TEAM WINS GOLD AT LAKE PLACID. STUNNING THE U.S.S.R. FORD TAKES OVER AFTER NIXON RESIGNS. THE U.S. FOCUSES ON RECOVERING FROM THE VIETNAM WAR. FORD MEETS WITH NEW U.S.S.R. LEADER LEONOLD BRESHNEV TO EASE TENSIONS. HELSINKI ACCORDS ARE PASSED. NATIONS FROM THE WEST AND THE EASTAGREE TO COOPERATE MORE. A BREAK FROM THE COLD WAR PRESIENT FORD COLD WAR DETAILS: PRESIDENT CARTER COLD WAR DETAILS:

7. COLD WAR DETAILS: CRETAES A RENEWED SENSE OF PRIDE IN AMERICA. REAGAN WANTS TO OUT SPEND THE SOVIETS. NEGOTIATES THE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES IN IRAN. THE SOVIET UNION IS CRUMBLING. THEY SUFFER A CRIPPLING DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN IN 1989. PLANS TO DEVELOP S.D.I. DEFENSE SYSTEM IN SPACE TO STOP SOVIET MISSILES. SOVIETS ARE BECOMING MORE OPEN TO TO FREEDOM. GLASNOST/PERSTROKIA. DEMMANDS BERLIN WALL BE TORN DOWN ! COUNTRIES UNDER THE IRON CURTAIN BEGIN TO BREAKAWAY. NOVEMBER 1989 THE BERLIN WALL IS TORN DOWN. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN 1980-1988