President George HW Bush (1988-1992)

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President George HW Bush (1988-1992)

• Presided over collapse of Soviet Union
• decreased threat of nuclear war
• U.S. seen as the main superpower
• Violence in Balkans

Pres. Bush and Yeltsin
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Fighting Apartheid in South Africa

• What was Apartheid?
• Rigid system of segregation
• Global movement for Divestment in 1980s
• Divestment withdrawing all investments
• Congress imposed sanctions, but stopped short of
  full divestment
• President Bush met with Nelson Mandela

Sun City Video
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Operation Just Cause

• Invasion of Panama by U.S. to oust Noriega (Dec.
  20, 1989 Jan. 3, 1990)
• Manuel Noriega on CIA payroll (1959-80s)
• Bush Director of CIA in 1970s
• Noriega working with AND against drug cartels in
  War on Drugs
• Reasons for Invasion
• Safeguard U.S. citizens in Panama
• Defend Human Rights and Democracy
• Combat drug trafficking
• Protect Torrijos-Carter Treaties
• Casualties 24 U.S. soldiers, 200 Panamanian
  soldiers
• Civilians 200 to 4000 fires raged throughout
  city
• Noriega sentenced to 40 years (reduced to 30
  later)
• Clinton transfers Canal Zone back to Panama in
  1999

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Operation Desert Storm

• First Persian Gulf War with Iraq
• Kuwait was diagonal drilling into Iraqs wells
• Iraq invaded Kuwait
• U.S. led UN-sanctioned effort to help Kuwait
• Quick war
• Few American casualties many Iraqi casualties
• Sadaam Hussein remained in power
• Economic sanctions on Iraq

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Operation Restore Hope

• Somalia (Dec. 1992 to May 1993)
• Chaos in Somalia local warlords vying for power
• 500,000 Somalis dead of starvation 1000s more
  refugees at risk
• Humanitarian groups targeted for violence
• Effort to ensure the success of humanitarian aid
  in Southern Somalia
• UN sanctioned multinational force (UNITAF
  Unified Task Force)
• Battle of Mogadishu (1993) Black Hawk Down