HIST 1378 1st Edition Lecture 25Outline of Last Lecture 60s Backlash and The Age of Nixono Foreign Policy “Vietnamization” and Kent State Ending the War Arms Saleso At Home “Law and Order”? Evil Liberals Oil Crisis Welfare and Environment o The Legacy The Imperial President The Last Liberal?Outline of Current Lecture The 1980s - The Backlash Continueso Killing HopeThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. The New Cold War “Star Wars” [SDI] and Military Keynesianism Slaughters in Central Americao A “New” Cold War Aftermath of Détente “Team B”o Brzesinski in Charge/ Carter’s Cold War - Afghanistan and the Olympics o The Gorbachev Alternativeo Reverse Robin Hood Economics Rodney King and the L.A. Uprising of ‘92Current LectureThe 1980s - The Backlash Continueso Killing Hope The New Cold War- Reagan claimed Soviet Union as “evil empire” that deserved “total elimination”- Started revival of Cold War arms race “Star Wars” [SDI] and Military Keynesianism- Strategic Defense Initiative proposed by Reagan to use ground-based/ space-based systems to protect US from missiles Slaughters in Central America- Rios Montt (dictator) in Guatemala guilty of genocide and crimes against humanityo A “New” Cold War Aftermath of Détente- Nixon’s handling of Soviet Union and China- Relaxed tensions/ cooperation b/w superpowers- Nixon created balance of power among world’s strongest countries “Team B”- exercise by CIA to analyze threats the Soviet Union posed to US securityo The Gorbachev Alternative Strategy by Soviet Union to oppose global influence of British Imperial Federation Was centerpiece of Soviet Union policy Provided aid to guerillas and resistance movements in an effort to “roll back” British-backed colonial governments.o Reverse Robin Hood Economics - “The less well-off gain at the expense of the better-off” Rodney King and the L.A. Uprising of ‘92- Uprisings following acquittal of police officers on trial regarding a videotaped police brutality
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