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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR
After WWII, the U.S.S.R. emerges as the dominant superpower of Europe as the western democracies increasingly rely on the other superpower, the U.S.,  for aid and support.  Tensions between these two over influence in Europe and around the world spark war-like conditions while avoiding direct conflict
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Containment
  • Creation of NATO
  • Creation of Israel
  • 1956
  • Berlin, Cuba, and détente 
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DECOLONIZATION AND COLLAPSE OF EUROPEAN COMMUNISM
After decades of power, cracks in the Soviet system begin to reveal needed changes to the government of the Soviet Union.  Also, the policy of decolonization sees European powers retreat from their empires in support of massive colonial migration.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Withdrawal from Africa
  • Collapse of the British Empire
  • Democratic uprisings in Eastern Europe
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union
  • The role of Radical Islam
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INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Decades of war and conflict during the first-half of the 20th century combined with tensions of the Cold War during the second-half leave many Europeans seeking peace, unity, and social security that has led to the develop of welfare states and the creation of the European Union.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Migration of people
  • Creation of welfare states
  • consumerism
  • the computer
  • the European Union
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pgs. 833 - 842; 860 - 868