HIEU 242 Lecture 24: HIEU 242 Lecture 24
22 May 2018
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Monday, April 9, 2018
HIEU 242 Lecture 24
Decolonization
-Questions
•what are challenges of decolonization after WWII
•how does Cold War influence decolonization efforts
•how does the UN response to decolonization reflect and learn from documents like
the DOROMAC
-1945- 1/3 world’s population lived in dependent territories
•750 million people- fewer than 2 million toady (17 territories)
-Decolonizing the World
•born with UN and represents world body’s first great success
•causes of decolonization after 1945
-European powers lack the wealth and political/military capabilities to suppress
revolts in distant territories
-rhetoric of WWII of liberating the world from Nazi imperial tyranny renders the
ideas of colonial oppression obsolete
-new forms of protest- non-violent protests in particular- challenge imperial
powers and makes violent suppression unethical and unjust
-UN trust territories regulates the manner in which any remaining colonized
territory can be treated- the wellbeing and justice of those living in the territory
are paramount
•leave and take everything useful with them
-the Cold War- both the US and USSR held anti-colonial ideas and influenced
decolonization efforts across the globe
-The Third World- term created by Alfred Saury (inspiration from what is the Third
Estate) later co-opted by the Cold War
-Dec 1948- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN)
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Document Summary
Questions: what are challenges of decolonization after wwii, how does cold war in uence decolonization efforts, how does the un response to decolonization re ect and learn from documents like the doromac. 1945- 1/3 world"s population lived in dependent territories: 750 million people- fewer than 2 million toady (17 territories) Decolonizing the world: born with un and represents world body"s rst great success, causes of decolonization after 1945. European powers lack the wealth and political/military capabilities to suppress revolts in distant territories. Rhetoric of wwii of liberating the world from nazi imperial tyranny renders the ideas of colonial oppression obsolete. New forms of protest- non-violent protests in particular- challenge imperial powers and makes violent suppression unethical and unjust. Un trust territories regulates the manner in which any remaining colonized territory can be treated- the wellbeing and justice of those living in the territory are paramount: leave and take everything useful with them.
