Unit 16: The Cold War, Decolonization and everything else ...



DecolonizationCold WarNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationWarsaw PactThe Emergence of the Cold WarHarry TrumanAmericas peacetime planSelf-determinationAutonomyDemocracy in the political sphereFree tradeFreedom of the seasNo barriers to investmentAn Open door policySoviet UnionSoviet perspectivePostwar hostilityStalinVyacheslav MolotovChurchill“Iron Curtain”Containment in American Foreign PolicyContainmentOverseas allianceThe Truman DoctrineGreece and TurkeyPresident TrumanSupport GreeceTruman Doctrine“Free people who are resisting attempted subjugation…”Marshall PlanEuropean Recovery ProgramChristian Democratic movementSoviet Domination of Eastern EuropeSoviet determination to control Eastern EuropeWarsawCommunist Information Bureau (Cominform)PragueEastern EuropeJan MasarykCzechoslovakia Marshal Josip Tito and YugoslaviaThe Postwar Division of GermanyDisagreements over GermanyDismembermentEconomic policyBerlin BlockadeWestern powersSeparate constitutionBerlin blockadeWest GermanyGerman Federal RepublicEast GermanyGerman Democratic RepublicNATO and the Warsaw PactNATOTreaty of BrusselsNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationBlocThe First time in history, the United States was committed to defend allies outside allies outside the western hemisphereWarsaw PactCouncil of Mutual AssistanceMoscowThe Creation of the States of IsraelMiddle EastZionist movementArab NationalistsBritish Balfour DeclarationTheodor HerzlChaim WeizmannArthur BalfourBritish-ruled PalestineYishuvThe U.N. ResolutionOne Jewish and One ArabIsrael Declares Independence1948British officially withdrew from PalestineIsraelDavid Ben-GurionLebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq invaded IsraelArmed truceArab-IsraeliUnited StatesAlly of IsraelSoviet UnionAid to the Arab NationsKorean WarAsiaKoreaJapanUnited States and the Soviet UnionDivided KoreaThirty-eighth latitudeDemocratic People’s Republic of KoreaRepublic of Korea in the southJune 1950UN resolutionChineseSent troops to support North Korea1953Eisenhower administrationArmistice1953Stalin’s capped the first round of the Cold WarGenevaNuclear weaponsThe Khrushchev Era in the Soviet UnionPresidiumNikita KhrushchevKhrushchev Domestic PoliciesKhrushchev eraRetreat from StalinismBoris PasternakAuthor of Dr. ZhivagoAleksandr SolzhenitsynOne Day in the Life of IvanAgricultureThe Secret Speech of 1956Twentieth CongressKhrushchev gave a secret speechDenounced StalinThe Three Crises of 1956Gamal Abdel NasserEgypt nationalizedSuez CanalWar supplies of oil in the Persian GulfEgypt and IsraelPolish Efforts Toward Independent ActionWladyslaw GomulkaHalted the collectivization of Polish agricultureImproved relations with the Polish Roman Catholic ChurchThe Hungarian UprisingBudapestImre NagyRemoval of Soviet troopsUltimate neutralization of HungaryWithdrawal from the Warsaw PactSoviet troops invaded HungaryJanos KadarLater Cold War Confrontations“peaceful coexistence”SputnikTechnological superiorityTesting of nuclear weaponsParis Summit ConferenceAmerican U-2 aircraftApology from EisenhowerThe Berlin WallJohn F. KennedyPremier KhrushchevAugust 1961Cuban Missile CrisisCuban missile crisisAmericasSpanish American WarCubaBatistaNuclear missilesPresident KennedyPeople’s Republic of China1963Nuclear test ban treatyThe Brezhnev Era1964Khrushchev…Alexei KosyginLeonid Brezhnev1968: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia1968Prague SpringAlexander DubcekLiberal communismSoviet governmentWarsaw PactChairman BrezhnevBrezhnev DoctrineThe United States and DetentePresident Richard NixonDétenteGerald FordHelsinki AccordsPresident Jimmy CarterActivist foreign policyCuban militaryNaval basesThe Invasion of AfghanistanInvade AfghanistanPuppet Afghan governmentResponse from the United StatesStrategic Arms Limitation AgreementEmbargoed grain shipmentsBoycotted the 1980 Olympic GamesSent aid to Afghan rebelsCentral Intelligence AgencyDemoralized the Soviet UnionCommunism and Solidarity in PolandShortages of food and consumer goodsElection of Karol WojtylaPope John Paul IIProtest strikesLech WalesaSolidarityPolish Communist PartyPolish experimentGeneral Wojciech JaruzelskiMartial lawRelations with the Reagan AdministrationCold War “evil empire”Strategic Defense Initiative“star wars”Decolonization: The European Retreat from EmpireUnited NationsEuropean Colonial PowersFranklin RooseveltColonial EmpiresMajor Areas of Colonial WithdrawalDutchBelgianPortugueseRhodesiaSouth AfricaBritishFrenchIndiaMohandas GandhiRaw materialsIndian National CongressMuslim LeagueGandhiAmerican Henry David ThoreauPassive resistanceIndian nationalismBritish salt monopolyLong protest fastsBritish labor governmentPakistanEast PakistanBangladeshFurther British Retreat from EmpireBurmaState of IsraelThe Turmoil of French DecolonizationReasser…tFrance and AlgeriaAlgiersCharles XPieds NoirsBlack FeetAlgerian MuslimsSetifNational Liberation FrontFourth French RepublicWarGeneral Charles de GaulleFifth RepublicPresident of FranceOASMohammed Ben BellaFrance and VietnamIndochinaHo Chi MinhPro-VichyViet MinhUnited StatesCommunist Peoples Republic of ChinaNATODien Bien PhuHanoiViet MinhSaigonFrenchVietnam Drawn into the Cold WarSEATONgo Dinh DiemRepublic of VietnamGeneva ConferenceNational Libertarian FrontViet CongEisenhowerKennedyArmy coupNquyen Vam ThieuPresident KennedyLyndon JohnsonGulf of TonkinVietnamizationCease-fireThe Collapse of European CommunismDivided..More repressive1975Mikhail S. GorbachevPerestroikaLabor discontentPrivate ownershipGlasnostNew constitutionCongress of people’s deputies1989 Revolution in Eastern EuropePoland’s governmentJaruzelskiOpened its borderJanos KadarSocialist PartyEast GermanOpening of berlin wallGerman ReunificationHelmut KohlEuropean Economic CommunityRevolution in CzechoslovakiaVaclav HavelCivic ForumAlexander DubcekHavelPresident Nicolae CeausescuCapturedGorbachevRenouncedBeijing’s Tiananmen Squareabandoned Boris YeltsinMarket economyPresidentGrowing regional unrestThree Baltic RepublicsCoupBoris YeltsinGorbachev returned to MoscowHumiliationCommunist PartySoviet UnionCommonwealth of Independent StatesThe Yeltsin DecadeBoris Yeltsin emergedPresident of RussiaSuspended parliamentChechnya in the CaucasusThe oligarchsVladimir PutinRussian FederationThe Collapse of Yugoslavia and Civil WarYugoslaviaTitoCivil warNationalist leadersSlobodan MilosevicSerbiaFranjo TudijmanCroatiaDivide Bosnia-HerzegovinaEthnic cleansingSarajevoUnited NationsNATO forced Serbs to WithdrawNATO forces carried out strategic air strikesKosovoAir campaignRevolution overthrew Slobodan MilosevicInternational War Crimes TribunalIndependence of KosovoPutin and the Resurgence of RussiaCaptured elementary schoolRussian economy improvedDmitri MedvedevPutin Prime MinisterSupport US assault on AfghanistanAssert Russian domination Invasion of Republic of GeorgiaMilitary actionThe Rise of Radical Political IslamismSeptember 11, 2001World Trade CenterPentagonPennsylvania Terrorist attacksRadical IslamismRadical Islamism aroseArab NationalismEgypt and SyriaOilWahhabismAyatollah Ruhollah KhomeiniDistinctly IslamicTheocracyIranian RevolutionFundamentalismMuslim ReformismShari’aThe Great Satan1981JihadThe Afghan ResistanceMilitant Muslim FundamentalistsTalibanAl QaedaBaseMadrasasRadical MuslimsPersian Gulf War of 1991Invasion of Kuwait by IraqSaddam HusseinOsama Bin LadenU.S. Bases in Saudi ArabiaProphet MuhammadMeccaMedinaWorld Trade CenterU.S. Army BarracksU.S. EmbassiesUSS ColeA Transformed WestPresident George W. BushA war on terrorismUnited states attacked the TalibanUnited Nations inspectorsIraqisWeapons of mass destructionGreat BritainInvaded IraqThe invasion of IraqCreated strains within EuropeAl Qaeda TerroristsTrain bombings in MadridFound no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Iraqis braved threats ................
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