HIST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600-Present)

9.1: Restructuring Europe and Asia

• European History: "Europe: 1945 to Present"

  Read this chapter.

• World History: "Chapters 29-31"

  Read chapters 29, 30, and 31.

• 9.1.1: New Political, Economic, and Military Alignments

  • Bethel University: Christopher Gehrz's "Europe after World War II"

    In this lecture, Christopher Gehrz focuses on World War II's profound political, economic, and social impact on Europe. He later discusses the role that the United States and the Soviet Union played in rebuilding and restructuring Germany and other parts of Europe. He concludes by talking about the origins of the Cold War and its impact on Europe.
    

  • International World History Project: "The Elusive Peace: The Cold War"

    Read this article.

• 9.1.2: The Marshall Plan and the Occupation of Japan

  • "European Economic Recovery"

    Read this article.

  • Wesleyan University: Bill Gordon's "The Allied Occupation of Japan"

    This essay discusses the role of occupation in history and its relation to prewar practices, especially in terms of the allied occupation of Japan.
    

• 9.1.3: NATO and the Warsaw Pact

  • "Cold War, 1945-1960"

    This article gives a brief overview of the Cold War, citing the ideological, political, and economical differences between the United States and the Soviet Union as reasons for the onset of the war.

  • Dr. Steven Kreis' "The Origins of the Cold War"

    Read this article.