Mr. Charon's-"Modern Day"-Connection

Mr. Charon's Connection to:

U.S. and Europe:
Post-WWII to Today:
Event Calendar

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

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

All above information taken from book transparency © Prentice-Hall.

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