HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Nuclear Weapon, World Economy, Marshall Plan
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The capitalist world order during and after the cold war. Cultural: goes back to late 19th century, american popular culture. Idea of (cid:449)ild (cid:449)est (cid:449)as o(cid:374)e of a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a"s first (cid:272)ultural produ(cid:272)t: hollywood film industry, popular music jazz. It"s part of the (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of glo(cid:271)al popular (cid:272)ulture (cid:374)ot just a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a. Challenge from the right: 1970s when capitalist societies slow down in development, advocated for cut back welfare state, weaken unions, cut taxes. Advance of communist world and defeat of capitalist world. Also did not successfully overthrow fidel castro: hero of latin america. Oil shock: 1973 organization of petroleum exporting countries, raised the price of gas and got away with it shows us was losing control. Iranian islamic revolution: overthrew the shah, hostage crisis and failed catastrophically. Growing independence in european countries: 1970s west germany adopted independent foreign policy, reagan wanted to prevent nuclear crisis and another vietnam enter then pull out, first (cid:862)make a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a great agai(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:272)a(cid:374)didate.
