1. THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 1962
Khrushchev secretly begins installing nuclear missiles in Cuba
US discovers the plan and blockades Cuba
14 day crisis  the world is on the brink of nuclear confrontation
Soviets back down and agree to remove missiles from Cuba and US agrees not to overthrow Castro

2. THE VIETNAM WAR French w/draw from Vietnam in 1954
Vietnam is divided into communist North Vietnam and pro-Western South Vietnam
US gets involved help South Vietnam
War lasts from

4. THE VIETNAM WAR Misc. info –
The Domino Theory = if one country falls to communism the neighboring countries will fall as well
Vietcong = South Vietnamese communist rebels
President Lyndon Johnson = send a half million American soldiers to fight in Vietnam
President Richard Nixon = negotiates an end to the war and two years later the communists in the North conquer South Vietnam

5. THE END OF EUROPEAN COLONIES
DECOLONIZATION –
After WW II Europe gave up its colonies around the world
Rising nationalist movements in the non-western world
Loss of European energy and wealth lead to decolonization
Between 1947 and 1962 almost every colony gains independence and statehood

6. AFRICA – THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
KWAME NKRUMAH – The Gold Coast = Ghana
JOMO KENYATTA – Kenya and the Mau Mau
EGYPT – British backed King Farouk is overthrown in 1952
MOROCCO & TUNISIA – independence from France in 1952
ALGERIA – war of independence against France
SOUTH AFRICA – the ANC and Nelson Mandela

7. FRENCH WAR IN ALGERIA Two million French settlers lived in Algeria
In 1954 the FLN begins a guerilla war to gain independence
France resists and fights a long bitter war in Algeria
In 1962 the French leader Charles de Gaulle grants independence to Algeria

8. GUERRE d’ALGERIE
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9. CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
BETWEEN THE WAR
New modernizing regime in Turkey
New modernizing regime in Iraq becomes independent in 1932
Saudi Arabia becomes independent in 1932
British and French mandates in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine
AFTER WW II
Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon become independent
Palestine – becomes site of conflict between Arabs and Jewish settlers
In 1948 the US endorses creation of an independent Jewish state

10. THE CREATION OF ISRAEL 1948
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11. THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
May 1948 Jews in Palestine declare the creation of Israel
Arab neighbors invade Israel but are defeated and driven out
The PLO = the Palestine Liberation Organization formed to fight against Israel
The SIX DAY WAR 1967 – Israel defeats Egypt and Arab neighbors