foreign policy after the cold war u.s. history 11
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FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE COLD WAR
U.S. History 11
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Latin America
Late 1980’s and early 90’s resulted in wave of democracy in Latin America i.e.- Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Chile
However, the “war on drugs” had been going on since the Nixon administration and was not improving
Latin American racketeers supplied a significant amount of the illegal drugs that were in the U.S.
Implemented the “Just Say No” Campaign
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Latin America
1989- Bush sent 12,000 troops to invade Panama and arrest their dictator Manuel Noriega Convicted of several charges of drug
trafficking 40 years in prison
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China
1989- Tiananmen Square Protests- Chinese students protesting for democracy in Beijing
Americans hoped this would result in the fall of communism in China
But troops and tanks were brought in resulting in the deaths and imprisonment of hundreds of protestors
Bush suspended arms sales; but remained engaged economically and diplomatically with China
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South Africa
Long held system of apartheid Nelson Mandela had been imprisoned
since 1962 Late 80’s anti-apartheid protests grew Many U.S. firms withdrew investments in
South Africa Congress imposed sanctions Bush and Mandela met in 1990, after
Mandela's release Apartheid began to fall, Mandela elected
as South African President in 1994
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Ordinary Love- U2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC3ahd6Di3M
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Peacekeeping
After fall of USSR in 1991, Yugoslavia fell into civil war
Bush chose not to send troops, avoiding another Vietnam
1992- Bush backs the UN plan to restore peace in Bosnia (a republic carved out of Yugoslavia) By then, more than
150,000 civilians had died
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Peacekeeping
Operation Restore Hope- in Somalia in December 1992
U.S. Marines came to establish a cease-fire between rival warlords Wanted to deliver food to
the starving people Intervention in Somalia
largely received positive feedback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe9xbgtige0
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Persian Gulf War
Biggest foreign policy challenge faced by Bush admin
August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait 150,000 Iraqi troops quickly overran Kuwaiti
forces Saddam Hussein sought to take over
Kuwait’s rich oil deposits Controlling nearly 20% of the world’s oil
production
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Persian Gulf War
U.S. intervened to prevent Hussein from gaining more power and going after oil in Saudi Arabia
Backed by the UN, formed an international coalition demanding that Iraqi troops withdraw
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Persian Gulf War
America, Britain, France, Egypt, Japan, and Saudi Arabia contributed to the troop build up in Saudi Arabia by late fall of 1990
Also placed economic sanctions on Iraq Operation Desert Storm
American-led attack on Iraqi forces in January 1991
5 weeks of aerial bombardment February 23- coalition troops stormed Kuwait
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Persian Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm (cont.) Iraqi troops were outmatched and
surrendered or fled But set fire to Kuwait’s oil rigs Iraq agreed to a cease-fire after less than 5
days of ground war Bush said, “we’ve kicked the Vietnam
syndrome once and for all” Hussein backed off, but remained in
power until 2003
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Protest songs of the 80’s/90’s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
Winds of Change- Scorpions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otdHbA4GlSI Crazy Train- Ozzy Osbourne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kcy-W1NNlU Leningrad- Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdKVX45wYeQ Looking for Freedom- David Hasselhoff