A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

1152 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires of anti-communism and fear of “the enemy within” that bordered on mas ...

Cold War 1153 of agricultural collectivization. At the same time, workers’ councils sprung up spontaneously, espousing reform. I ...

1154 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires expression, and put workers’ councils that had sprung up in 1956 unde ...

Cold War 1155 the Soviet Union and the United States to reduce their respective nuclear capabilities failed in 1955 and again in ...

1156 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires (Left) The Berlin Wall goes up in 1961. (Right) U.S. President John F ...

Cold War 1157 Johnson (1908-1973) announced that an American naval vessel had been attacked off the coast of Vietnam—which in fa ...

1158 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires unwillingness of the Soviets under Khrushchev, who had abandoned that ...

Cold War 1159 to any reform. Army commanders, wary of the Chinese situation, accused Khrushchev of having taken too great a risk ...

1160 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires a new agreement, SALT II, by which the Soviets agreed to limit missil ...

Decolonization 1161 to colonialism came not only from the colonized peoples but also from intellectuals, students, and political ...

1162 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires Mahatmas Gandhi steps from a third-class train after Indian independe ...

Decolonization 1163 Pakistani authority. After Indian troops intervened against Pakistani forces, Bangladesh became an independe ...

1164 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires intended for a new Arab state was incorporated into the neighboring s ...

Decolonization 1165 (Left) A Russian cartoon salutes Nasser’s seizure of the Suez Canal in July 1956. The banner reads “Shares o ...

1166 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires would accept a Soviet offer to finance the dam’s construction. On Jul ...

Decolonization 1167 later, British ally King Faisal II was assassinated in Iraq. When the island of Cyprus gained its independen ...

1168 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires (Left) A Viet Minh fighter is taken prisoner by a French soldier in 1 ...

Decolonization 1169 and desirable. In February 1956, French residents in Algiers rioted against the government when French Premi ...

1170 Ch. 28 • The Cold War and the End of European Empires saw the fight in Algeria as a last stand for their honor. Early in 19 ...

Decolonization 1171 at all costs to keep Algeria French. In April it staged a coup d etat and held power in Algiers and in the c ...