CHAPTER FOURTEEN: REALPOLITIK

  For a brief moment during the Cold War period, public opinion seemed to shape the direction of foreign policymaking. The New York Times’ publication of information included in the Pentagon Papers and ensuing anti-war protests called for a change of pace. Under the Nixon administration, and within the framework of both containment policy and …

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: PROXY WARS, PART II

The second challenge the United States encountered surfaced roughly two years after the armistice agreement in Korea. As one would presume, US-Soviet tensions grew and political rhetoric intensified leading into what became the Vietnam War. Involvement in the region commenced the way most proxy wars do — foreign aid to an opposition and militaristic assistance. …