POLS 2940 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Domino Theory, Social Forces, Liberal Democracy
4 Oct 2017
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Principal developments in world politics from 1900 to 1999: the development of total war, the advent of nuclear weapons, onset of cold war, and end of european imperialism. Usa vs ussr - replacing dominance of - and con ict among - european states in the rst half of 20th century. Cold war encompassed ideological, political, and military interests of the two states (and their allies) and extended around globe. First world war - extended across globe - rst modern, industrialized total war - belligerents mobilized their populations and economies as well as their armies, endured enormous casualties. Second world war - even more total in nature and global in scope - fundamentally changed world politics. Before 1939, europe was the arbiter of world a airs. Second world war brought soviets and americans militarily and politically deep into europe. Transformed their relations with each other from allies to antagonists.
