Unit 3.3: The Imposition of Liberalism
(including the Cold War)
Unit 3 Calendar (see Google Classroom)
Unit 3.3 Handout
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Assignments and Projects
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Introductory Lesson - The Imposition of Liberalism
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Another great class video: "Imposing Liberalism on the World"
Article: The future of the Arab Uprising Is the Cold War really over? "What Syria reveals about the new world order" |
THE COLD WAR - Those who cannot learn from the past are destined to repeat it.
Lesson 1: The Start of the Cold War
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What is the Cold War?
We Didn't Start the Fire - Wikipedia overview of all of the events relating to the song Good summary of the geo-history of this era |
Lesson 2: Expansionism and Containmen
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Expansionism: a political and military policy of taking over additional territory through the violation of another country's sovereignty, for reasons that can include defence, access to resources or markets, national pride, or perceived racial superiority.
Containment: the U.S. Cold War foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism by establishing strategic allies around the world through trade and military alliances. |
Lesson 3: Proxy War
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Proxy Wars: a war in which the Cold War superpowers (the United States and the Soviet Union) supported opposing sides or fought directly against the side supported by the rival superpower.
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Lesson 4: Deterrence
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Deterrence: the Cold War foreign policy of both major powers aiming to deter the military advances of the other through developing and building up arms, especially nuclear weapons. Deterrence depends on each side creating the perception that it is willing to use its weapons.
Brinkmanship: international behaviour or foreign policy that takes a country to the brink of war; pushing one's demands to the point of threatening military action (for example, the showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union over Cuba in October 1962). |
Lesson 5: Non-alignment & Liberalism Movement
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Liberation movements: people's military and political struggles for independence from countries that have colonized or otherwise oppressed them ( for example, people in Eastern European countries liberating themselves from Soviet communist control).
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Lesson 6: Detente
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Ending the Cold War article
A good summary of the end of the USSR Interactive BBC site on the collapse of the Soviet Union Détente: a period of the Cold War from the mid 1960's to 1979, during which the major powers tried to lessen the tensions between them through diplomacy, treaties, arms talks and reductions, and cultural exchanges.
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