The document summarizes major global events and social movements from the post-World War II era through the late 20th century, including the rise of communism in the Soviet Union and China, the Red Scare and Korean War in the US, the Berlin Wall and space race between the US and Soviet Union, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, presidency of Nixon, Ford and Carter, fall of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War, and the American civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. It provides bibliographic sources for further information on these topics.

1. UNIT 7: A CHANGING WORLD
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2. POST WORLD WAR II

3. COMMUNISM @ SOVIET UNION

4. EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE

5. MAO ZEDONG & COMMUNIST CHINA

6. RED SCARE

7. KOREAN WAR

8. BERLIN WALL

9. JFK & THE SPACE RACE

10. FIDEL CASTRO & CUBAN
MISSILE CRISIS

11. VIETNAM WAR

12. NIXON, FORD, CARTER

13. FALL OF SOVIET UNION

14. END OF COLD WAR

15. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

16. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.

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18. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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strategic-map.php
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