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Significant Foreign Policy Events Since the End of the Vietnam War

By PippinMe

  • Yom Kippur War

    Yom Kippur War
    picture creditThe war began when the coalition launched a joint surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur.

  • Helsinki Accords

    Helsinki Accords
    picture creditAn attempt to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West.

  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords
    picture creditLed directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, and resulted in Sadat and Begin sharing the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Iranian Hostage Crisis

    Iranian Hostage Crisis
    picture creditpicture creditWas a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days.

  • Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran

    Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran
    picture credit 1st Supreme Leader in Iran

  • US invasion of Lebanon

    US invasion of Lebanon
    picture creditBegan when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon.

  • Strategic Defense Initiative

    Strategic Defense Initiative
    picture creditProposed to use ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.

  • Iran-Contra Affair

    Iran-Contra Affair
    picture creditWas a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986.

  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty
    picture creditThe treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 500-5,500 km (300-3,400 miles).

  • Fall of the Berline Wall

    Fall of the Berline Wall
    picture creditThe Border separating Western from Eastern Germany was effectively opened.