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1117.471 American National Security 17.471 American National Security
PolicyPolicy
19651965--19691969
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TermsTerms
Pentagon PapersMIRV
Coercive diplomacyFOBSMRV
Hard Point DefenseMutual assured destruction (MAD)
City (area) defenseOTH (F/B)NPT
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Key Shifts in National Security Key Shifts in National Security PolicyPolicy
• US-USSR Strategic Balance• Expansion of Vietnam War to Major Land
War & Bombing Campaign• Arms Control & the Strategic Balance• Domestic (In)Security
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Strategic Balance 1965Strategic Balance 1965
• Mutual Assured Destruction
270500Bombers
150*400SLBMs
300934ICBMs
USSRUS
*SR-SLBMs
Number of RVs
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Strategic SystemsStrategic Systems
• Sentinel ABM System• OTH-F Radar• MIRV (R&D)
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EventsEvents• Dominican Republic (4/65)• Vietnam (1965)• Anti-War & Civil Rights Movement• Middle East War (1967)• Outer Space Treaty (1967)• Latin American Nuclear Free Zone (1967)• Vietnam – Tet Offensive (1968)• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968)• Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)• Nixon Administration (1969)
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Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (1965)(1965)
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Peace MovementPeace Movement• Undermining U.S. Morale• Interfering with the draft• Aiding the enemy
Student Strikes 1969
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Middle East War 1967Middle East War 1967
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TetTet Offensive Offensive (1968)(1968)
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Czechoslovakian Invasion Czechoslovakian Invasion (1968)(1968)
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West
East Germany
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Understanding VietnamUnderstanding Vietnam
• What “disciplining” factor was missing in the case of the Kennedy-Johnson national security policy-making?– Sense of budget constrains (Gaddis, 261)
• Why didn’t “systems analysis” improve decision-making in the war?– Statistical data controlled by the military– Reforms worked in nuclear & budgetary
affairs – but not conventional war
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Czechoslovakian Invasion Czechoslovakian Invasion (1968)(1968)
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West
East Germany
