History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2169 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Afghanistan
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The idea
In nineteen seventy-nine the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and Carter made what the anchor calls a more controversial decision in response.
In practice
Détente fraying, as more Americans came to believe, Digital History says, that Soviet hard-liners used it as a tactic.
Where people slip
In January nineteen eighty Carter warned that unless the Soviets withdrew, the United States would boycott the Moscow Olympics.
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