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THE POSTWAR AND THE ?COLD WAR? - Coggle Diagram
THE POSTWAR AND THE ?COLD
WAR?
THE RISE OF ARABS
A movement of identity and revindication achieved the independence and regrouping of several countries of the Islamic majority.
Iraq and Iran emerged.
EGYPT Gamal Abdel Nasser proclaimed a nationalist republic in Egypt. It took over the Suez Canal
The Arab League was formed for cooperation and defense purposes of the oil exploited by European and North American companies.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
USA- Marshall Plan to revive European economies and rebuild industrial centers
AIM: to prop up capitalism and prevent the influence of communism from growing.
THE PEOPLE´S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
China suffered:
Economic intervention of the Western powers
Japanese invasion
Civil war
Komitang party vs. Communist party:Chiang Kai-shek vs.Mao Zedong. 2. MAO:resisted theJapanese invaders and promised to redistribute land to the peasants. 3. 1949"People's Republic ofChina" was proclaimed and Mao became the president
VIETNAM
Divided between
North: communist Supported by USSR
South: capitalist Supported by USA
The forces of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong led by Ho Chi Min, faced US army that carried out massive attacks and saturation bombings.
1975: United States lost and withdrew its troops
Few weeks later the country was unified with non-communist government.
IDEOGEOLICAL CONFLICT
Space race
USSR launche the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 and the first woman Valentina Tereshkova. USA landed the first human (Neil Armstrong) on the Moon with Apollo 11.
Arms race
USSR had the atomic bomb few years later. USA built the hydrogen bomb, the Soviets did it too. A nuclear arsenal that could destroy the world in a few hours was form
COLD WAR
USA defended capitalism with an open economy
USSR advocated a centralized economy and collective ownership,which tended to a fair distribution of resources.