2. The Beginning of the End…  Space Race – 1969  Apollo-Soyuz (1975)  Vietnam (1973)  “Vietnamization” mixed with the “madman theory”  Nixon and Détente  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)  At home, the emergence of the New Left  Reaction to “selfish” individualism  Lack of faith in government

3. Foreign Policy in the 1970s  Ford and Carter  Helsinki Accords, 1975  Camp David accords, 1978  Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979  SALT II, 1979  Soviet War in Afghanistan, 1979-1989 Protesters in Tehran, 1979— Inventing America (2006)

4. Ronald Reagan  Staunch anti-Communist  Soviet Union as the “evil empire”  Arms race  Strategic Defense Initiative  Summit talks  Geneva, 1985  Reykjavik, 1986  INF Treaty, 1987 Ronald Reagan at Brandenburg Gate, June 1987

5. Collapse of the Soviet Union  Mikhail Gorbachev  Glasnost  Perestroika  End of Soviet involvement in Afghanistan  Baltic States, Hungary and Poland  Berlin Wall—Nov 1989  Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania  Democratic Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union collapsed—Dec 1991

6. American Global Police Force  Guatemala, 1954  Lebanon, 1958  Cuba, 1961  Dominican Republic, 1965  Chile, 1970  El Salvador, 1981  Honduras, 1981  Nicaragua, 1981  Beirut, 1983  Granada, 1983  Libya, 1986  Panama, 1989  Persian Gulf, 1990  Somalia, 1992  Haiti, 1994  Yugoslavia, 1999  Afghanistan, 2001  Philippines, 2002  Iraq, 2003  Libya, 2011

7. Legacy of the Cold War  Superpower status  Troop deployment  Economic sanctions  International image - 911 Digital Archive

8. Role of “Difficult History”  “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” –Winston Churchill  The “Long History”  1991 compared to 1918 and 1945