There were several factors that created this general distrust. One of these factors included America’s continued presence in Vietnam when funding was out of the country’s budget. On top of warfare spending, President Johnson implemented and Congress supported a number of much needed domestic programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Federal Education spending (“Great Society,” 2009). However, as taxes were not raised to help support these new programs, President Johnson’s Great Society agenda resulted in inflation and an incredible contribution to the federal debt. Another event that impacted the public’s view of government dishonesty during this time was President Nixon’s involvement with the infamous Watergate scandal which eventually led to his resignation on August 9, 1974.
“US- Soviet relations did not fundamentally improve in the 1970s” how far do you agree with this view? When Brezhnev had succeeded Khrushchev as leader in 1964 and Nixon had taken office in 1969, a new age known as the détente had surfaced. Détente was the period during the 1970s where both superpowers pursued to lessen tensions by reaching general agreements on the arms reductions and trade relations. This innovative reinventing of the foreign policy by the two leaders had been pressured by many problems at home, particularly economy, as both nations suffered economic problems mainly due to the extensive amount of capital going towards the arms race. The term fundamentally in the title can be perceived as the relations improving during the 1970s by events such as the improvement on economy, many summits limitations on arms production and agreements signed; agreeing with post-revisionist historians such as Gordon Craig who believed the 1970s relations caused less dangerous and more useful international relations.
In spite of the seeming triumph of conservatism, the Seventies presented a fresh and somewhat contrasting set of problems. As Foner notes, various strata of the society experienced the attempts towards conservatism. An example is the Burger court which President Nixon hoped “would lead the justices in a conservative direction” (Foner, 962). However, the expectations for conservatism seemed disappointingly unmet, as the sexual revolution and affirmative action continued, the Cold War stance softened, and programs of The Great Society were expanded. Even more worrisome,
However this was something that Wilson vowed he would not do. He believed that devaluing the pound would damage Britain's prestige in the world. This stubbornness from Wilson resulted in the devaluing of the Pound being delayed until November 1967. This mounted a lot of pressure on money markets and lost Wilson a lot of popularity. By finally giving in and devaluing the pound, Labours coherent reputation and authority was damaged.
The Media brings the Tet Offensive to the American people c. Lyndon B. Johnson and General Westmoreland 4. Controversy a. My Lai b. The Anti War movement go’s mainstream c. The Soldiers of the United States begin to lose their will to fight 5. Although the Tet Offensive was unsuccessful for the North Vietnamese Army, they showed that United States had seriously underestimated them and their capabilities.
Likewise this sentiment was shared by many politicians and political activist during the Vietnam War era, like the presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and singer/songwriter John Dylan. Similar to the Vietnam War, soldiers were returning from Iraq feeling unsatisfied and unconvinced of any progress. Today some solders return still home wondering what, if any impact they made over in Iraq. However, in contrast, our military is held in much higher esteem today upon their return as opposed to the experience Vietnam vets endured. Not only did solders return unsure as to whether their mission was accomplished and/or successful, but there was absolutely no fanfare.
However, Ronald Reagan, U.S president between 1981-1989, was the most significant political leader to influence the ending of the Cold War. Reagan was able to encourage the end of the Cold War, more so than Gorbachev, through his unrelenting war on communism. He did this through his attitudes, actions towards the Soviet arms race and foreign policies. The way in which Ronald Reagan acted on his negative attitudes towards communism and his desire to destroy it, displays how he, more so than Gorbachev, influenced the end of the Cold War. Reagan, even before his presidency was displaying his anti-communist stance.
The Silent Crisis By: Gregory D. Foster Gregory D. Foster wrote an interesting article about crisis persisting within the US Army. We know that a crisis in the life of everyone of us also affects relations with our friends. The worst we can do is: to do nothing. It is clear, there are many reasons of crisis within the US army. Warmonger leaders in the US Army, covered up by TRINITY creates vacuum of control and responsibility, start of Vietnam war - at that time Gulf of Tonkin incident were not quite so controversial, and have been fairly well described.
Therefore, Neoliberalism is an ineffective Pro-Market approach to development that contributes to inequality and causes more harm than good for both the global south and north. This is due to 1st wave Thatcherism & Reaganomics, and market globalism of 2nd wave Neoliberalism. 1st wave Neoliberalism introduced the world to Neoliberal ideology; it can be characterized by two individuals: US president Ronald Reagan and England Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Both entering their position of power in the early 1980s each looked to deregulate and cut down on spending. Reagan’s core belief laid in government control and
It is imperative to understand the factors which influenced President Nixon’s strategies and decision making during the Vietnam War. Nixon operated in a political context in which the policy-making establishment and the public were pessimistic towards a favourable outcome in Vietnam. Kimball (1998), argues that Nixon’s strategies were born out of restraint, rather than authoritative freedom. Nixon was walking a political tightrope to maintain the status quo between the ‘hawk’ advocates and the ‘dove’ pacifists. “Nixon realised there was both an influential right-wing alliance in favour of the war and a heterogeneous liberal, pacifist, and leftist coalition in opposition…He looked at American national