1960's
NATO and Warsaw Pact Arms buildup Berlin Wall built Cuban missile crisis Vietnam War Breschnev Doctrine

1970's
Detente Reduction of nuclear arsenals Aid to developing countries Soviet invasion of Afghanistan U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam

1980's
Economic decline of Soviet Union Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika Berlin Wall torn down Soviet withdrawal form Afghanistan Move toward democracy in Eastern Europe

1990's

Collapse of Soviet Union German reunification Expansion of UN peacekeeping Ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe Move toward market economy in Russia Economic distress in former Soviet Union *Wars in the Middle East *Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule *United Nations keeps tabs on Iraq *India/Pakistan test Nuclear Weapons *Relations harden between US and China *Impeachment Trial of President Clinton *Conflict in Kosvo *Conflict in Chechnya

All above information taken from book transparency for Chapter 33 in the class text: Prentice-Hall, World History, Connections to Today. ©1997 Prentice-Hall.

*New additions May 2000

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