Introduction to International Relations - Introduction to International Relations - Proxy Wars and Intervention

Part 3 of 4 of my lecture on International Relations during the Cold War. This video examines the period roughly from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Iranian Revolution and looks at policies of intervention, proxy wars, and the role of American foreign policy enabling authoritarian regimes in Latin America and the Middle East that were anti-Communist. One major point emphasized in this lecture is the despite US foreign policy rhetorically upholding principles of freedom and democracy in the world, successive governments in Washington were more interested in supporting pro-American, rather than pro-democratic regimes, as witnessed by a number of interventions - diplomatic or military - in Iran, Vietnam, and Chile. It also aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of Constructivism and Realism being maked within a formal (if somewhat questionable) model of Liberalism. Lecture 09: The Cold War in International Relations Studies Part III: Containment Through Proxy Wars Dr. Michael Rossi Department of Political Science Rutgers University November 2, 2015 Chapter Markers: 00:43 - The Cuban Missile Crisis 05:37 - The Cold War's "Dirty Phase": 1962 - 1985 15:58 - The Foreign Policy of Détente 1803 - Vietnam and the Question of Intervention 25:40 - The Vietnam Aftermath Music - Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman, "Suicide is Painless", M*A*S*H Original Soundtrack Recording, 1970 Columbia/CBS The Shadows - TV Theme (Mash Guitar Instrumental) Suicide Is Painless, De Mooiste Film- & Tv-tunes, London Starlight Orchestra,