[HIS1111] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (25 pages long)
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1949 marked the resolution of the first berlin crisis that transformed latent superpower tensions between the world war ii allies into a global struggle for dominance. 1989 marked the fall of the berlin wall. This inaugurated the collapse of communism in eastern europe, and by 1991 the dissolution of the soviet union itself, which marked the symbolic end of the cold war. In billy joel"s we did not start the fire, he consistently denotes political crises, massacres, and scandals suggesting that he views the fire of the twentieth century as a disruptive force. He seems to suggest that ordinary people were caught in the grand currents of the cold war, and despite our best efforts to contain it, the cold. However, although the cold war was clearly destructive, the period from 1949 to 1989 was notably more peaceful and stable than the preceding half century marred by two world wars and the.