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Bush and Clinton Clinton Presidency 1993-2000 The Administration’s philosophy is a version of Wilsonian liberal internationalism. This has meant a major emphasis on humanitarianism (including military interventions justified on humanitarian rather than strategic grounds); a faith in multilateral institutions (to the point that U.S. military intervention has never been exercised in the absence of UN blessing); and an emphasis on global functional issues like disarmament (especially non-proliferation and delegitimation of nuclear weapons), international law (as in the pursuit of an International Criminal Court), environmentalism (the Kyoto treaty), and other transnational challenges. The idea of the American national interest is submerged in a notion of wider community. The Nuclear Club Vietnam:1954-1968 It was a conflict that devastated one nation and divided another. Vietnam brought a new dimension to the Cold War -- and forced the United States to rethink its goals in the superpower rivalry. Make Love, Not War:the Sixties In the 1960s the United States claimed its place as the worlds leading defender against communism. But by the end of the decade, the nation was convulsed by dissent, riot, assassination and an increasingly unpopular war. Nixon Doctrine The Nixon Doctrine was put forth in a press conference in Guam on July 25, 1969 in which he stated that the United States henceforth expected its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This was the start of the Vietnamization of the Vietnam War. The Doctrine argued for the pursuit of peace through a partnership with American allies. détente (1) Period of the easing of Cold War tensions from 1967 to 1979. It is a term usually associated with the relations between America, Russia and China. ? The era was a time of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the signing of the SALT treaties. Relations cooled again with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. détente (2) The 1970’s witn