HIST 2476- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 40 pages long!)
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Countries not associated with either nato or the warsaw pact. Problem: description contains some countries yugoslavia and china which weren"t very fitting because yugoslavia was expelled from warsaw and china split from its treaty with russia. China could be included in the third world description. Many countries this was true for, but egypt and thailand are also considered 3rd world, but they were already independent. Primitive, raw material producing states used by 1st, 2nd world for their goods. Not all raw material nations are subservient, oil. Ethnocentric: borderline racist, assumes development is an unvarying process, all nations should strive to be like america - we are the standard - not every nation aspires to be like this. United states was also developing during this period so all countries are developing. Australia and new zealand - included in this and antarctica. Domino theory: eisenhower when french were trying to associate colonial control in french-indochina.
