Significant Foreign Policy Events Since the Era of the Vietnam War

By tyviwhite

  • Yom Kippur War

    Yom Kippur War
    War between Israel and a Coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria.

  • Helsinki Accords

    Helsinki Accords
    Final act of the conference on security and co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland.

  • camp David Accords

    camp David Accords
    Signed by Egyptian president Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem begin on September 17, 1978

  • Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran

    Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran
    the founder and supreme leader of tthe Islamic Republic of Iran.

  • Iranian Hostage crisis

    Iranian Hostage crisis
    a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the US where 52 americans were held hostage for 444 days.

  • US invasion of Lebanon

    US invasion of Lebanon
    Israel Defense forces invaded southern Lebanon.

  • Strategic Defense Initiative

    Strategic Defense Initiative
    to use ground and spacebased systems to protect the us from attack by strategic Nuclear Ballistic Missiles.

  • Iran-Contra Affair

    Iran-Contra Affair
    A political scandal in the US.

  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty
    agreement between the US and the Soviet Union.

  • Fall of the Berline Wall

    Fall of the Berline Wall
    began with the building of the wall in 1961.