AFP NOTES 4/2

big thanks to baia for these

1. Richard nixon, 1969-71

2. Nsa - SoS of henry kissinger

3. Vietnamization

4. Le duc tho

5. Easter offensive

6. Linebacker (may 9th->october 23, 1972)

7. Nguyen van thieu

8. Linebacker II (december 18-29, 1972)

9. Paris peace accords (jan 27, 1973)

2. Nixon boctrine

1. Shanhai doctine

2. Linkage

3. Anti balistic missile treaty

4. Salt I

5. Basic principles

Paris peace accords, drag out for months. Essentially meaningless

Back channel negotiations between kissinger and tho.

Secret bombings in 1969

Incursion in 1970

Pitiful helpless giant concept

Khmer rouge, 195 pol pot

Communist marxism

Annihilation of 1/5 of the country

Oct 8th, 1972 - DMZ on the border

B-52s

Nixon doctrine

Unless on state came into threat from nukes, US is is going to expect the problem will be handled by Asian nations themselves. Allys take burden of own defense, and has a right to expect this

Bi polarity and a world of hierarchy into a world of multi-polarity

Recognition of the process of relative decline since 2nd world war

US, USSR, western Europe, japan, china

Conceptual coherecnce

Centralization of power

Balance of powe "even balance"

Mutual interest" a relaist accomadation of conflicting interests

Improving cyno-american relations key to US v. USSR relations

Only nixon could go to china?

Cant leave china forever outside the family of nations

Warning soviet union US would not remain neutral of a USSR invasion of china

Flew to china in 1972

Moved china from enemy in isolation to defacto alliance against USSR in less than 4 years

Flanked by NATO and China

Soviet union sought relaxation of tension with the US

Cost benefit relation to nixon's actions was overwhelming in US benefits

A triumph of pure politics over ideology

Linkage - cooperation of one area linking with change in another

Used the help as leverage against soviet policy

Salt - freezes ICBM's at 1972 level

ABM treat - MAD concept - mutually assured destruction

Terms have changed

US dominance til relative parady with soviet union

Consciousness of our limits is a recognition of the necessity of peace