Hist 104, Lecture 16:
Cold War & Decolonization
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United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Marshall Plan, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Third World (see pp. 293-297 of Brower text)

1. United Nations?

a. The Founding of the United Nations
b. The Theory and Practice of the United Nations
c. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

2. Defining the Cold War

a. Characteristics of the Cold War
b. NATO and Warsaw Pacts
c. Informal spread of alliance systems into “Third World”

3. Where the Cold War Was Hot: Decolonized States

a. In Asia
b. In the Middle East
c. In Africa and Latin America