Section 1World War IRussian RevolutionThe WobbliesU.S. enters WWIWilson and the Treaty of VersaillesEconomics of WWIFrench RevolutionDefeat of the Russian RevolutionKing Leopold and the Belgium CongoBritish EmpireWilson sends troops to RussiaCauses of WWIIAtlantic CharterThe Japanese and Pearl HarborOil Embargo against the Japanese and GermansGerman thoughts on the U.S.Section 2U.S. need for raw materials post-WWIISaudi royal family ties to U.S.IndiaMacArthur ConstitutionU.S. as imperial powerU.S. inherits Britain's colonial legacySlaveryDr. LiyingstonSir Richard BurtonRussian Revolution ends British EmpireRooseveltRussians agree to HiroshimaAnti-communism in the U.S.American Labor MovementWallace vs TrumanThe Cold WarKorealranVietnamSection 3U,S. involvement in lndonesiaNehru in lndiaPakistanGreek Civil WarSoviet expansion post WWIICzarist empireCuba and the Soviet UnionSoviet empire and economic controlMarshall Plan and American imperialismBerlinStalin and Tito from YugoslaviaSection 4Nuelear bomb as principle weaponChina, India, Pakistan, Israel, South AfricaApartheid ends nuclear system in South AfricaConfessional stateslranian nuclearIraq and the United StatesMuslim empire 7th and 8th centuries1099 the Crusadesottoman empirelslam and tradeEgyptAllah and MohammedNasserAmerican and British opposition to NasserTony BlairBritish EmpireTriumph of tIe VietnameseMy Lai massacreSection 5Pax AmericanaVenezuela and the IMFIncrease ofAmerican power and influenceConfessional states lsrael and PakistanThomas Freeman and McDonald DouglassEconomics and MarxismCapitalismBourgeois civilizationEco-Climate issuesSection 6War on TerrorTerrorismIraq WarMadeline AlbrightU.S. can't go into lranDoctrine of pre-emptive warAfghanistan nowAnother Vietnam?Human Rights as a reason to interveneViolence and torture as acceptableMedia and profitLatin America and ChavezPaid Army, mercenariesCollective punishmentHistory has become subversiveOrigins of American EmpireSalem witch trials, Monroe DoctrineThe end of History?George MccovernObamaNixon and ChinaKipling poemJoseph ConradAl-Nawab poem "On the Bird"

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