HIST 438 — Aspects of World History since 1945
History · University of Ghana
The course will cover the emergence of the Super Powers, the Cold War, the spread of soviet influence and American reactions; NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and the Eastern Bloc, the Nuclear arms race; the German problem; developments in Asia: Civil war and communist victory in China; Tibet, the communist uprising in Malaya; the Korean War (1950-3), the French withdrawal from the 1954 settlement in Indo-China, SEATO (to the 1970s); the Vietnam War, divided Vietnam 1954-76, the Middle East: Foundation of Israel 1948; the Palestine problem, Arab League 1947, the Baghdad Pact 1955; The Suez Crisis, 1956. The Non-Aligned movement, the rise of Nationalism in Asia and Africa and its consequences; reconstruction of Japan after 1946, groupings in Africa; Monrovia and Casablanca powers (1961), O.A.U 1963: East African Community (1967), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (1976), Apartheid and World reaction, United Nations since 1950 and the Commonwealth of Nations.
- Credits
- 3
Other courses on this programme
- HIST 213 — Africa and the Wider World in the 19th Century
- HIST 214 — Africa in the International Setting in the 20th century
- HIST 322 — Ghana in the 19th and the 20th Centuries
- HIST 324 — History of Europe, 1798 - 1945
- HIST 328 — Economic History of West Africa: 1890 to 1960
- HIST 431 — History of Modern China and Japan, ca. 1800 - 1900
- HIST 434 — History of Modern China and Japan since 1900
- HIST 435 — Aspects of World History: 1914-1945
- HIST 436 — History Modern Russia & U.S.A: 1860-1939
- HIST 111 — Earliest Civilizations
- HIST 112 — Selected Topics in World History
- HIST 211 — Historiography
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).