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=Unit VI:= World War II, the Cold War, and a New World Order

Chapter 29: World War II


__The "important guideposts" for Chapter 29 are:__
 * The [|long-term and immediate causes] of World War II.
 * The [|course of battles] and economic management during the war.
 * [|Racism and the Nazi Holocaust] against the Jews.
 * The [|impact of the war] on the people of Europe.
 * Wartime diplomatic relations and plans for the postwar world sponsored by the victorious [|United Nations].

__Corresponding chapters:__
 * Kagan Chapter 29 ([|Companion website page])

__Class assignments/notes:__

Chapter 30: Faces of the Twentieth Century - European Social Experiences


TIME 100 (04/13/2008) - "[|Leaders and Revolutionaries]" (Ghandi, Ben-Gurion, and Ho Chi Minh)

__The "important guideposts" for Chapter 30 are:__
 * 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.
 * The impact of the Cold War on the Middle East ([|Arab/Israeli Conflicts], [|Suez Crisis], [|Islamic terrorism]).
 * Political and economic developments in western Europe, particularly the [|Common Market].
 * [|Soviet domination] of eastern Europe and [|relatively unsuccessful protests] against it through the early 1980s.

__Corresponding chapters:__
 * Kagan Chapter 30 ([|Companion website page])

__Class assignments/notes:__

Chapter 31: The Cold War Era and the Emergence of the New Europe
TIME 100 (04/13/2008) - "[|Leaders and Revolutionaries]" (Thatcher, Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Waleasa, and Gorbachev) TIME (12/08/2002) - "[|The Many Faces of Islam]" TIME (11/07/2005) - "[|Why Paris Is Burning]" TIME (02/15/2007) - "[|The Many Faces of Europe]"

__The "important guideposts" for Chapter 31 are:__
 * Population trends and migrations throughout Europe, and the continuing problem of [|ethnic tensions with Islam].
 * [|French Population Pyramid]
 * Russian Population Pyramid in [|1990 (Soviet Era)] and [|2005 (Post-Soviet Era)]
 * [|UK Population Pyramid] (view with Firefox)[|]
 * [|Germany Population Pyramid]
 * Postwar intellectual and social movements.
 * [|Gorbachev’s reform programs] in the Soviet Union.
 * The collapse of old-line Communism in [|eastern Europe] and [|Russia], including the subsequent [|civil wars in the former Yugoslavia].

__Corresponding chapters:__
 * Kagan Chapter 31 ([|Companion website page])

__Class assignments/notes:__