Yugoslavia and US Foreign Policy in the 1960–1970s of the 20th Century

Abstract

The article is devoted to the role of Yugoslavia in the foreign policy of the United States of America in the region of Eastern Europe in the 1960's and 1970's. The author underlines the importance of Yugoslavia to the United States in its “wedge strategy” directed towards the Soviet Bloc countries. It points out the role of economic relations and humanitarian cooperation in the achievements of the United States foreign policy aims during the Cold War era. The author describes the role of Yugoslavia in the process of encouragement of economic and political reforms towards liberalization in other Eastern European countries and defines the factors which justified the special role of Yugoslavia in American foreign policy. The author also analyses the role of Yugoslavian immigration in the development of American-Yugoslavian relations and defines the main directions of American foreign policy towards Yugoslavia after the withdrawal of J.B Tito from the political arena.