Articles related to "Middle Cold War"US foreign policy in the Middle Cold War in 1953-73 was notably less successful than the Early Cold War, and culiminated in defeat in Vietnam.
There was a consensus after Vietnam-mainly to avoid any similar war in the future. This consensus has obviously been violated in Iraq.
In the wake of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger were prepapred to accept some degree of American decline in a multipolar world.
|