THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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granting a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon
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the fall of China to communism under Mao Zedong
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his inability to negotiate the release of US hostages in Iran
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the near nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Camp David Accords, initialed on September 17, 1978 and formally signed in Washington on March 26, 1979, were the most significant foreign policy achievement of the Carter administration, and supporters hoped it would revive his struggling presidency.
Detailed explanation-2: -Operation Eagle Claw, failed mission by the U.S. military in April 1980 to rescue Americans who were held during the Iran hostage crisis. The mission highlighted deficiencies within the U.S. military command structure and led to the creation of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
Detailed explanation-3: -The first attempt to negotiate a release of the hostages involved Hector Villalon and Christian Bourget, representing Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh. They “delivered a formal request to Panama for the extradition of the Shah", which was “a pretext to cover secret negotiations to free the American hostages".
Detailed explanation-4: -With the Iran Hostage Crisis stretching into its sixth month and all diplomatic appeals to the Iranian government ending in failure, President Jimmy Carter ordered the military mission as a last ditch attempt to save the hostages.