Challenges to liberalism related to foreign policy

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Challenges to liberalism related to foreign policy Chapter 7 – Unit 2 Chapter focus The Cold War (1945 – 1991) shaped the second half of the 20th century, and it continues to have significant influence not only on international relations, but also on the citizenship and daily lives of people around the world. In chapter 7, we will consider the Cold War and related examples of international conflict to explore: The extent that ideological conflict has on shaping our world. World wars – D.E.S.S.K Date: 1914 – 1919 Event: World War 1, the Great War, War to end all Wars Significance: long term causes of the war led to the imperialistic foreign policies of the great wars of Europe. Summary: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria sparked the war that killed more than 9 million combatants. The Allies - France and the British Empire(Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Egypt, India) vs. The Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungry, Ottoman Empire (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Italy) World wars – D.E.S.S.K Date: 1939 – 1945 Event: World War II Significance: It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units. Marked by significant events involving the mass death of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it resulted in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities. These deaths make World War II by far the deadliest conflict in all of human history. Summary: Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) versus Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia). Key concepts: Holocaust Cold war 1945 - 1991 The Cold War, which followed the Second World War, was an all-out political, economic, and social struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States. They both wanted victory over not only each other, but also over other countries around the world. Cold war 1945 - 1991 Less than a year after WWII, Prime Minister of Britain – Winston Churchill, delivered a speech and coined the metaphor The Iron Curtain to describe the division between American (democratic) and Soviet (communist) ideologies. The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.