HIST 202A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Second Vatican Council, Marshall Plan, Chiang Kai-Shek
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[decolonization] was the postwar reversal of european imperialism overseas. Decolonization was caused by [the rising demand of the colonized people, the declining power of european nations, and broken promises of freedoms from the. Decolonization caused problems because [the newly formed independent governments had to decide between communism and democracy] Another policy postcolonial governments adopted was [nonalignment], where the country would remain neutral and play both sides. In vietnam [ho chi minh] led the decolonization movement against the french. After gaining independence, [north and south vietnam had a struggle to decide whether the country would be communist or democratic] This led to the [vietnam war], where america backed the south and the. Soviets backed the north, but there was no direct fighting between the two. After the north launched the tet offensive it was clear that [the war was not ending anytime soon], and the us succumbed to popular protests and [pulled troops out of the war]
