CHAPTER 32 THE COLD WAR AND DECOLONIZATION 1945-1991
Prelude to Decolonization Asia The Middle East and Africa The United Nations: Midwife for National Independence Movements
The Cold War: 1945-1953 Postwar Settlements Stalin’s Postwar Policies The Cold War in Europe to 1953 The Cold War in China and Korea: 1949-1953
Bipolar Crises and National Liberation: 1953-1962 The Middle East and Africa The New Russian Team De-Stalinization Peaceful Coexistence and the Expansion of Global Conflict
The Soviet-American Domination and the Age of the Proxy Wars 1962-1991 The Americanization of the Vietnam Civil War Repercussions of the U.S. Failure Détente and Decay in the Soviet Union The USSR’s “Vietnam”: Afghanistan
M.S. Gorbachev and the End of Bipolarity, 1985-1991 The Gorbachev Revolution: The Domestic Phase Gorbachev’s Contribution to the End of the Cold War
Postscript: The Yeltsin and Putin Transition