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Foreign Policy
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Fall of the Berline Wall
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The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran
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He launched his fight against the shah's regime in 1962, which led to the eruption of a religious and political rebellion on June 5, 1963. -
Yom Kippur War
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The Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. -
Camp David Accords
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The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following thirteen days of secret negotiations at Camp David. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
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The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, -
U.S. Invasion of Lebanon
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Operation Peace for Galilee, began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon. The Government of Israel launched the military operation after the Abu Nidal Organization's assassination attempt against Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
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The Strategic Defense Initiative was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983. It was made to use ground and space-based systems to protect the U.S. from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. -
Iran-Contra Affair
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U.S. secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of the embargo, in hope that this action would result in the freeing of six U.S. hostages -
INF Treaty
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The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 300-3,400 miles
