HIS242H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Atlantic Ocean, Culture War, Industrial Revolution
Document Summary
Understand the relationship between us & europe (nolen book) Page (cid:1005) (cid:894)nea(cid:396) the (cid:271)otto(cid:373) of the page(cid:895). (cid:862)a histo(cid:396)y of shifti(cid:374)g t(cid:396)a(cid:374)satla(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g po(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s . (cid:863) Competing conception on culture, society, and economic are competing over the atlantic ocean. Before, they thought that america had power over europe. But nolen says that the power is shifting between america and europe. First half of the book is rise of us and fall of europe. The second half of the book is about the rise of europe and decline of power of us in europe. Part b how does us uses it power after ww2, and decline of us power. Mainly between us and soviet union: soviet ideas based on communism, and american ideas based on capitalism, peace vs freedom, peace = soviets, freedom = us. They look back to nietzche ideas after ww2. He is very critical about main pillars of western civilization.
