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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell. Fareed Zakaria
After reading the Cold War section you should understand:
The origins of the Cold War and the division of Europe into rival eastern and western blocs.
The process of decolonization, including the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Political and economic developments in western Europe, particularly the European Union.
The revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The changing relations in global politics between the United States and radical political Islamism.
After reading the European Economic section you should understand:
Factors contributing to the Great Depression in Europe.
Coalition governments of the Right and the Left in the National Government of Britain and the Popular Front of France.
Britain’s first Labour Party government and the General Strike of 1926.
Central economic planning in the Soviet Five Year Plan and Italian Fascist "syndicalism".
The human costs of Soviet Communism, including collectivization, shortages of housing and consumer goods, and the purges.
The expansion and contraction of the European welfare state.
The rapid growth of Western Europe's consumer economy.
Textbook Reading Sections
The Cold War Era- p. 604- 641
Primary Readings - The Cold War Era
Drawing the Lines of the Cold War p 608- 610
The Cominform Defines Conflict Between The Soviet Union and the United States
The U.S. National Security Council Proposes to Contain Communism
Secondary Readings
Blood in the Water p 615
Outside Primary Readings
The Truman Doctrine Declared
The Church and the Communist Party Clash over Education in Hungary
Khrushchev Denounces the Crimes of Stalin
Gandhi Explains his Doctrine of Nonviolence
Gorbachev Proposes that the Soviet Communist Party Abandon its Monopoly of Power
Supportive Secondary Documents
Textbook Reading Sections
European Economics – p 531- 540, p 550- 553 p 649-652, p 664-668
Primary Readings - European Economics
The Soviets and Nazis Confront the Issues of Women and the Family - p 551 -553
A Communist Woman Demands A New Family Life
Hitler Rejects the Emancipation of Women
Outside Primary Readings
John Maynard Keynes Calls for Government Investment to Create Employment
Stalin Calls for the Liquidation of the Kulaks as a Class
Margaret Thatcher Asserts the Need for Individual Responsibility
Supportive Secondary Documents
Potential LEQ Questions
Compare and contrast the political, religious and social motivations of Islamic-fascist groups like the Taliban to the nationalistic groups that existed in Europe prior to World War I? (CR13)
Compare and contrast the political and economic policies of Joseph Stalin in the period before the Second World War and those of Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991).(CR9) (CR13)
What were the political, economic and social impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union? (CR 11)
Compare the actions of Ho Chi Minh and Mohandas Gandhi in their attempts to gain independence for their nations, which approach was more successful? (CR 11)
Potential LEQ Questions
Describe and analyze the economic policies in Eastern and Western Europe after 1945 (CR 11)
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