PERLS204 Lecture : April 2 - Summit Series.doc
1 May 2012
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April 2 the 1972 summit series: the series was seen as an east vs west battle. Representing thru film reconstructing the message: patriotic justice, warlike clash of nations and ideology, east vs. west. Age of cold-war politics: soviet union collapses in 1991. Cold war began immediately after the ww2: spurred a nuclear arms race; tension with communist ussr; spread of communism in asian and eastern europe; us vietnam war; mccarthyism. Europe and much of asia: due to this curtain, there was little info going in and little info going out, this to the cia and secret agents, there were races for secret information. State of canada and hockey: since the 1956 winter games in italy, the canadians were hammered by the. The 50 year curse: national identity 1950s 1960s: height of foreign policy, but lost supremacy in sports. In 1965, there was a new flag (the one we see today) In 1966, we instated medicare under the ndp (tommy douglas)
