The Death of Communism :The Death of Communism Simon and Garfunkel, Mr. Robinson


Outline Part 1 of 5 :Outline Part 1 of 5 Recap of the last lecture The ideological origins of the Cold War The first steps toward the Cold War Institutionalizing the Cold War: NATO and the Warsaw Pact Social, political, and economic conditions in various countries Continued


Outline Part 2 of 4 :Outline Part 2 of 4 Social trends in the West The church and religion Youth culture Women's movements Economic development Environmentalism Western intellectuals and communism Continued


Outline Part 3 of 4 :Outline Part 3 of 4 Communism in Russia and eastern Europe Brezhnev’s successors Gorbachev’s revolution Glasnost Prestroika Demokratizatsiaa Dual Power Collapse of the USSR Continued


Outline Part 4 of 4 :Outline Part 4 of 4 The “End of History”? Triumph of western political and economic values Resurgence of nationalism Return of communists to EE and Russia Rise of rightist movements, parties in Europe Crisis of values in the West The major conflict of our age: Communism vs. Capitalism


Vatican II Meets in St. Peters, Rome :Vatican II Meets in St. Peters, Rome


Pope John Paul II :Pope John Paul II


Student Revolt in Paris, 1968 :Student Revolt in Paris, 1968 Barricades were erected on a Parisian street on the night of May 11, 1968 during the height of a university student revolt. Beatles, Sgt. Pepper


Woodstock: Alternative Values :Woodstock: Alternative Values


The Revolution of Flowers, Portugal, April 1974 :The Revolution of Flowers, Portugal, April 1974


The Second Sex :The Second Sex


The “Greens” :The “Greens”


Nuclear Power Stations :Nuclear Power Stations


Slide 17:Anti-United States billboards were found in Moscow during the Cold War. This scene from 1968 illustrates Russian and Vietcong bullets wounding the arm of an evil looking Uncle Sam.


Gorbachev: Perestroika and Glasnost :Gorbachev: Perestroika and Glasnost


Chernobyl: Humanity at Risk :Chernobyl: Humanity at Risk


Slide 20:Many American fast-food retail chains are now appearing in Eastern Europe as well as Western Europe. This Pizza Hut is in Moscow.


Slide 21:This is the Russian rock group “Dynamic” performing in 1987.


Big Mac in Moscow :Big Mac in Moscow


Thatcher's Conservative Revolution :Thatcher's Conservative Revolution


Thatcher and Gorbachev :Thatcher and Gorbachev


Slide 25:Simon and Garfunkel, America


Slide 26:This shows the funeral of Andrei Sakharov. He was a scientist-dissenter and was publicly eulogized in Lenin Stadium in Moscow.


Slide 27:Anti-Soviet freedom fighters in Afghanistan were active during the 1980s.


Solidarnosc :Solidarnosc


Walesa and Solidarity :Walesa and Solidarity


East European Debts, 1989 :East European Debts, 1989


Slide 33:Beatles, Here Comes the Sun


The Berlin Wall Is Breached :The Berlin Wall Is Breached


East Berlin, November 1991 :East Berlin, November 1991


Slide 37:The battered bust of Stalin is carried through the streets of Prague as demonstrators celebrate the end of Communism.


‘Romanians Arise,’ Bucharest December 23, 1989 :‘Romanians Arise,’ Bucharest December 23, 1989


Bucharest’s Palace Square :Bucharest’s Palace Square


Slide 42:Economic problems, including high prices and shortages of food plague post-Soviet Union Russia. Here a woman tries to exchange a used sweater for fish at a flea market in Moscow. Simon and Garfunkel, Bookends


Protesting the New Austerity :Protesting the New Austerity


Slide 44:In October 1993, President Boris Yeltsin ordered the military to bombard the Russian parliament building. More than a hundred people were killed.


Vaclav Havel :Vaclav Havel


The Oil Trade :The Oil Trade


The Oil Trade :The Oil Trade


Building Europe :Building Europe


The Euro Tunnel :The Euro Tunnel


Three Competitors :Three Competitors


Lithuanians Demonstrate for Independence in 1990 :Lithuanians Demonstrate for Independence in 1990


Collapse of the Soviet Empire, 1989-91 :Collapse of the Soviet Empire, 1989-91


Soviet Peoples :Soviet Peoples