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Chapter 30. After the Fall: The Western World In a Global Age (Since 1985). p. 947. Toward a New Western Order. Revolutionary Era in the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev Perestroika Glasnost End of the Soviet Union Boris Yeltsin Commonwealth of Independent States New Russia Putin Era
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Chapter 30 After the Fall: The Western World In a Global Age (Since 1985)
Toward a New Western Order • Revolutionary Era in the Soviet Union • Mikhail Gorbachev • Perestroika • Glasnost • End of the Soviet Union • Boris Yeltsin • Commonwealth of Independent States • New Russia • Putin Era • Vladimir Putin
Eastern Europe: The Revolutions of 1989and the Collapse of the Communist Order • The Fall • Poland • LechWalesa • Hungary • Czechoslovakia • Gustav Husa´k • Vaclav Havel • Nicolae Ceaus¸escu • After the Fall • NATO
Reunification of Germany • Germany • Erich Honecker • ‘‘The wall must go!’’ • East Germany free elections • March 18, 1990 • Political reunification • October 3, 1990
Disintegration of Yugoslavia • Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia • Slobodan Milosevic • War in Bosnia • ‘‘Ethnic cleansing’ • Massacre at Srebrenica • War in Kosovo • Kosovo Liberation Army • Vojislav Kostunica • NATO troops
Western Europe and the Search for Unity • Germany Restored • Helmut Kohl • Christian Democrats • Stasi Files • Gerhard Schroeder • Post-Thatcher Britain • Labour Party • John Major • Tony Blair • Gordon Brown
Western Europe and the Search for Unity (cont) • France • Jacques Chirac • 2005 Muslim riots • A Move to the Right • Nicolas Sarkozy • Italy • Corruption in Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • Romano Prodi
Unification of Europe • European Community • Single Europe Act • Treaty on European Union • European Union • Competition on the world market • Military force • Problems of national identity • By 2007, EU to 455 million people
The United States: Move to the Center • George H. W. Bush • Bill Clinton • Period of economic revival • 2nd term impeachment • George W. Bush • War in Iraq • Bush tax cuts • Canada • Brian Mulroney (b. 1939), elected in 1984 • Quebec • René Lévesque • Parti Québécois
End of the Cold War • Mikhail Gorbachev • INF Treaty • Overthrow of Communist regimes • Gulf War • Iraq forces in Kuwait • ‘‘New World Order’’
An Age of Terrorism • Munich Olympic Games • Terrorist Organizations • Red Army Faction • Red Brigades • Charles Martel Club • IRA • Palestinian terrorists • Pan American flight 103
Terrorist Attack on the United States • September 11, 2001 • al-Qaeda • Osama bin Laden • U.S.S. Cole • Afghan and U.S. special forces ousted The Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 • New multiethnic government faced problems from renewed Taliban activity
War in Iraq • In 2003, largely American-led forces invaded Iraq • Iraqi army was quickly defeated • Allied forces sought to restore stability to the country • Setting forth plans to lay the foundations of a future democratic society • Saddam Hussein captured, tried and executed • By 2006, violence had increased dramatically and Iraq • In 2007, President Bush increased the number of U.S. troops • The Surge • Troops loss decreased significantly
The West and Islam • Israeli-Palestinian conflict • The Shah of Iran • Ayatollah Khomeini • U.S. forces in the Middle East considered an affront to Islam by anti-Western Islamic groups
New Directions in Western Society • Transformation in Women’s Lives • Birthrates down • Woman in workforce on the rise • The Women’s Movement • Involvement in Environmental movement • International conferences • Immigration • Guest workers • Islam is growing in Europe and the United States
Art and Music in the 1980s and 1990s • Visual Arts • Kiefer • Basquiat • Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe • National Endowment for the Arts • Music • Grunge, Rap and Hip Hop • Digital • Worldwide Web • Cellular phones • Art and Music • Bill Viola • Matthew Barney
Toward a Global Civilization • Globalization • Global Economy • World Bank • Transnational corporations • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade • World Trade Organization
Toward a Global Civilization (cont) • Environmental issues • Global warming • Greenhouse gases • Social Challenges • Migration and developed and developing nations • Global Movements • ‘‘Think globally, act locally’’ • Nongovernmental organizations
Discussion Questions • What was the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms on the Soviet Union? Was he its savior or its destroyer? • Was Reagan’s push for weapons development the cause for the Soviet economic collapse? • What were the chief obstacles in the reunification of Germany? How were these obstacles resolved? • How has terrorism changed over the last two decades? What forces brought about these changes?