Superpower Struggles and
Global Transformations
The Cold War, 1945–1980s
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TIMELINE
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Origins of the Cold War
“At the present moment in world history
nearly every nation must choose
between alternative ways of life.”
– Harry Truman
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Origins of the Cold War
• The Heart of the Cold War
– The Berlin blockade and the
division of Germany
– The Cold War spreads
– Cold War weapons
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Origins of the Cold War
• The Global Impact of the Cold War
– The Cold War in Asia
– The Korean War
– The Vietnam War
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Origins of the Cold War
• The Global Impact of the Cold War
– China’s Great Leap Forward
– Mao’s Cultural Revolution
– The Chinese-Soviet split
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Origins of the Cold War
• The Global Impact of the Cold War
– Soviets in Afghanistan
– The Cold War in Latin America
– Crisis in Cuba
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Origins of the Cold War
• Détente
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East and West: Two Paths to
Recovery in Europe
• Tight Control in the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe
– The death of Stalin and new opportunities
– Protests and uprisings in Eastern Europe
– The Berlin Wall
– The Prague Spring
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East and West: Two Paths to
Recovery in Europe
• Parliamentary Politics and Prosperity
in the Western Democracies
– U.S. aid and economic recovery
– The welfare state
– Beginning European economic integration
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East and West: Two Paths to
Recovery in Europe
• Assessing the Paths Taken
– The Eastern-bloc nations
– Western Europe
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The Twilight of Colonialism
• Revolts in Southern Asia
– India
– Indonesia
– Vietnam
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The Twilight of Colonialism
• Conflict in the Middle East
– Palestine
– Israel founded
– Egypt
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The Twilight of Colonialism
• Liberating Africa
– The French in North Africa
– Britain dismantles its empire
– Rhodesia and South Africa
– The legacy of colonialism
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Key Dates
GLOBAL RELATIONS
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A Sense of Relativity
in Thought and Culture
• Existentialism:
Responsibility and Despair
– Sartre and Camus
– Theater of the Absurd
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A Sense of Relativity
in Thought and Culture
• A Culture of Contrasts and Criticism
– Cinema
– Art
– Literature and music
– Americanization
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Protests, Problems, and New
Politics: The 1960s to the 1980s
• A Flurry of Social Protests and
Movements
– The civil rights movement
– Student movements
– The women’s liberation movement
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Protests, Problems, and New
Politics: The 1960s to the 1980s
• Biography: Simone de Beauvoir
(1908–1986)
– Intellectual and Feminist
“…bourgeois marriage is an unnatural institution…
that doubles one’s domestic responsibilities, and,
indeed all one’s social chores.”
– Simone de Beauvoir
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Protests, Problems, and New
Politics: The 1960s to the 1980s
• Stagnant Growth and Rising Inflation
– The oil crisis
– Growing unemployment
– Turning against immigrants
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Protests, Problems, and New
Politics: The 1960s to the 1980s
• The New Political Landscape
– Turning to the Left
– Turning to the Right
– Terrorism
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Key Dates
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WEST
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Postindustrial Society
• Changing Fortunes in
the Postindustrial Society
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Postindustrial Society
• The Baby Boom and the Booming Cities
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Postindustrial Society
• The Shifting Foundations of Family and
Private Life
– Growing concern for private satisfactions
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Postindustrial Society
• The “Sexual Revolution” and the
Youth Culture
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Breakthroughs in Science
– The rise of big science
• From the Universe Above to the
Universe Within
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Photo credit: NASA
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Breakthroughs in Science
• The Information Revolution
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Breakthroughs in Science
• Transforming Medicine
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