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The right of the Soviet Union to intervene if socialism was threatened in another socialist state; became an article of faith and led to the use of soviet troops in csechoslovakia in 1968
Brezhnev doctrine
The relaxation tension between theosviet union and the US that occurred in the 1970s
Dètente
Led by lech Walesa represented 10 million of polands 35 million people. Won a series of confession
Solidarity
A period of euphoria;lead many to call for more far reaching reforms, including neutrality and withdrawal form the Soviet bloc. To forestall the spreading of this fever.
“Prague spring”
separated West from East Berlin, as well as equally fearsome barriers along the entire border with West Germany. Helped Germany succeed in developing the strongest economy among the Soviet Union’s Eastern European satellites.
Berlin wall
became the first woman to serve as prime minister in British history. Her neoliberal economic platform reflected the nineteenth-century economic ideals of free trade and deregulation of the market. pledged to lower taxes, reduce government bureaucracy, limit social welfare, restrict union power, and end inflation. The “Iron Lady,” as she was called (see Movies & History, The Iron Lady), did break the power of the labor unions following a violent and bitter strike.
Margret thatcher
did generate popular support for Thatcher, as many in Britain reveled in memories of the nation’s glorious imperial past. A war between Argentina and grewt Britain for the Falkland islands. British won
Falklands war
the autocratic ruler of South Vietnam. , which was corrupt and seemed incapable of gaining support from the people. From the American point of view, this lack of support simply undermined the ability of the South Vietnamese government to deal with the Vietcong,
Ngo Dinh Diem
revolutionary units composed of unhappy Communist Party members and discontented young people who were urged to take to the streets to cleanse Chinese society of impure elements guilty of taking the capitalist road (see Historical Voices, “The Fury of the Red Guards”).
Red Gaurds
literally, the Chinese name translates as “great revolution to create a proletarian culture”) lasted for ten years, from 1966 to 1976.
Great proletarian rev.
committed the signatory powers to recognize and protect the human rights of their citizens; provided yet another example of reduced tensions between the superpowers. Signed by the United States, Canada, and all European nations, these accords recognized all borders that had been established in Europe since the end of World War II, thereby acknowledging the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
Helsinki accords
that emerged throughout Europe in the 1970s. The origins of these movements were by no means uniform. Some came from the antinuclear movement; others arose out of such causes as women’s liberation and concerns for foreign workers
competed successfully in Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland; played an important role in making people aware of ecological problems, they did not replace the traditional political parties, as some political analysts in the mid-1980s forecast.
Green movement and parties
tends to move away from the futurism or “cutting-edge” qualities of Modernism. Instead it favors “tradition,” whether that means using earlier styles of painting or elevating traditional crafts to the level of fine art. frequently blur the distinction between the arts, creating works that include elements of film, performance, popular culture, sculpture, and architecture
Postmodernism
