1. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945-1975
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2. Chapter Essential Questions
What were the major threats to world peace during the Cold War?
How were the experiences of Asia, Africa, and Latin America similar in this period?
How did the rivalry between the Cold War superpowers affect the rest of the world?

3. The Cold War The United Nations Capitalism and Communism
Everyone invited
Capitalism and Communism
World Bank; Marshall Plan; EEC
West Versus East in Europe and Korea
NATO vs Warsaw Pact
United States Defeat in Vietnam
“Unwinnable” war; Containment
The Race for Nuclear Supremacy
Cuban Missile Crisis and Turkey

5. Decolonization and State Building
New Nations in South and Southeast Asia
Partition of British India
The Struggle for Independence in Africa
Most were negotiated, however some violent
The Quest for Economic Freedom in Latin America
Banana Republic (for real)
Cuba

7. Beyond a Bipolar World The Third World Japan and China The Middle East
Nonaligned nations
Japan and China
Great Leap Forward/ 100 Flower Movement/ Cultural Revolution
The Middle East
OPEC
The Emergence of Environmental Concerns
Hippies?

9. Conclusion Cold War Tactics of the United States and Soviet Union
Both countries attempted to influence new governments formerly occupied by Axis powers. Both tried to establish military alliances against the other.
Each side saw their conflict coming from irreconcilable differences in social and economic systems. Each also emphasized the corruption, injustice, and unfairness of the other.
Real combat between the United States and the Soviet Union did not materialize, but it was played out in distant civil wars and regional conflicts, with support provided by the superpowers.

10. Conclusion Cold War Era Nationalism
Nationalism played a major role after World War II in the desire of colonized peoples to gain independence, obscuring the contest between the main opponents of the Cold War.
Some long-time colonial peoples such as India gained their independence, while similar sentiments in China led to the overthrow of an elite government seen as weak in relations with western powers.
Many of the independence movements in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean operated as traditional struggles for sovereignty. In Latin America, where nations had already achieved independence, the desire was for economic independence and an end to foreign intervention.
Independence movements in Korea and Vietnam arose at the end of Japanese control. The Soviet Union and communist China supported communist forces in those regions, while the United States committed large military forces to protect anticommunist forces.