James Bond, Travelling Companions, and What CCR was singing about
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JAMES BOND, TRAVELLING COMPANIONS, AND WHAT CCR WAS SINGING ABOUT8.3 | REACTION TO THE U2, THE SPACE RACE, AND VIETNAM
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THE THAW ENDS
Khrushchev was [understandably] upset about the U2
Frustrated with the US arming adjacent nations with nuclear arms
i.e. Turkey
Both the Americans and Soviets [better] develop fusion bombs
Fission vs. Fusion = c.1000 X more powerful
Khrushchev would like to see these within range of US as well
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THE CIA AND THE KGB
CIA 1947 AND KGB 1954
COVERT OPERATIONS TO UNDERMINE ENEMIES
COUPS, ASSASSINATIONS, AND INTELLIGENCE
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CIA OPERATIONS
1953 – Iran – Mossadegh (GB)
1954 – Guatemala
1958 – Indonesia (mixed results)
1961 – Cuba
Communists (Fidel Castro)
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THE BAY OF PIGS
APRIL 1961 – CIA ORCHESTRATES AN INVASION OF CUBA WITH PRO-US FORCES – FAILURE
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CUBA TURNS TO KHRUSHCHEV
USSR pledges support
Begins moving in nuclear weapons to target US – like Turkey
U2 planes capture movements
Kennedy tells Khrushchev to stand down, declined – nuclear brink
US blockades Cuba Oct 1962 – Soviets turn back
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THE PRISONERS DILEMMACOLD WAR POLITICS
USA AND USSR WILL GO TOE TO TOE TO THE POINT OF NUCLEAR WAR
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THE WALL GOES UP
FEAR OF NSC-68 AND ISSUES WITH BERLIN LEAD TO THE ERECTION OF THE WALL IN AUGUST 1961
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MILITARY BUILD UP
Post economies become increasingly geared to war
US supports Israel (on and off war with Arabs)
Six-Day War – 1967
US arms Israel – Soviets arm Arabs
Arabs, Allah, and the MIG-21
Gives US a new edge [it was lagging]
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THE SPACE RACE
EARTHLY COMPETITION IS NOT ENOUGH
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SPACE RACE OUTLINE
1957 – Sputnik I successfully orbits Earth the travelling companion
1957 – USSR successfully puts a dog in orbit Sputnik II
1958 – Explorer I is launched
1961 – Yuri Gagarin success orbits Earth and returns
1962 – John Glenn orbits Earth
Various space ventures (multi-man orbits, space walks, etc.)
1965 – Dark side of the Moon photographed
1967 – Tortoises circumnavigate the Moon
1969 – Apollo landings on the Moon (11)
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VIETNAMREAL FAST – US HISTORY WILL COVER THIS
C.1955-1975
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BLAME IT ON THE FRENCH
French evacuation in the late 1950s (Indochina)
Communism popular in the north
NSC-68
Gulf of Tonkin Incident – intervention
Years later, tens of thousands dead, country socially deteriorating…
We give up and leave
Communism takes over
Our policy failed (socially) – Soviet social deterioration