1. Militarized states often reacted in ways which intensified conflict
Global Conflicts
Militarized states often reacted in ways which intensified conflict
Example
promoting military dictatorship in Chile, Spain, and Uganda

2. Franco – Dictator of Spain

3. Pinochet – Chile’s dictator

4. Idi Amin
Dictator of Uganda

5. End of Communism
In 3 Parts

7. 1. Death of Mao - 1976 Move away from Maoist Communist thought
CCP remains in control – NO DEMOCRACY
“Capitalist Road” for China
Drive by Deng Xiaoping
Tiananmen Square Protest (1989)
Violent reaction from the CCP because of the extremes of the Cultural Revolution

9. The Cultural Revolution

11. Tiananmen Square (1989)

12. The Tank Man

14. China becomes the worldwide leader in manufacturing

15. 2. End of Communism in E. Europe
Late 1980’s
GLASNOST “openness”
Increased political & intellectual freedom in USSR
People in Eastern Europe also demand these freedoms
Quickly moves from demonstrations for some freedom to outright protests for the end of communism
Mostly nonviolent
Poland, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, etc.

19. The Fall of the Berlin Wall

27. 3. Fall of the Soviet Union (1991)
Glasnost ends up going further than Gorbachev anticipated (like in Eastern Europe)
Gorbachev refused to use force against Russian demonstrators
In 1991 the Soviet Union breaks up into 15 new countries
Ends the words largest state and the last territorial empire