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| VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 |
| A. General and Comparative Dimensions |
| 1. Changing Global Patterns |
| a. Changing Structures of Global Power |
| b. Globalization of Material Life |
| c. Globalization and Special Identities |
| 2. International Relations |
| a. Rise of the Cold War and End of Empires |
| b. New Global Relationships |
| B. Europe, 1945–2000 |
| 1. Economic and Social Changes |
| 2. Religious and Philosophical Thought |
| 3. Culture and Popular Culture |
| 4. Science and Technology |
| 5. Diplomatic Relations and European Pacts |
| 6. Western Europe, 1945–2000 |
| a. Britain |
| b. Ireland (Eire) |
| c. The Low Countries |
| d. France |
| e. The Iberian Peninsula |
| f. The Italian Region |
| g. Switzerland |
| h. Germany |
| i. Austria |
| j. The Scandinavian States |
| 7. Eastern Europe, 1945–2000 |
| a. Poland |
| b. Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czechoslovakia) |
| c. Hungary |
| d. Yugoslavia and Successor States |
| e. Albania |
| f. Greece |
| g. Bulgaria |
| h. Romania |
| i. Russia (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Successor States) |
| C. North America, 1946–2000 |
| 1. The United States, 1946–2000 |
| 2. Canada, 1946–2000 |
| D. Latin America, 1945–2000 |
| 1. Overview |
| a. Cultural Developments |
| b. Regional Diplomacy |
| 2. South America, 1945–2000 |
| a. Argentina |
| b. Chile |
| c. Paraguay |
| d. Uruguay |
| e. Bolivia |
| f. Peru |
| g. Ecuador |
| h. Colombia |
| i. Venezuela |
| j. Brazil |
| k. Surinam |
| 3. Central America, 1945–2000 |
| a. Panama |
| b. Guatemala |
| c. El Salvador |
| d. Nicaragua |
| e. Costa Rica |
| f. Honduras |
| 4. Mexico, 1946–2000 |
| a. Cuba |
| b. Puerto Rico |
| c. The Dominican Republic |
| d. Haiti |
| e. British Caribbean Territories and Guyana (British Guiana) |
| E. The Middle East and North Africa, 1945–2000 |
| 1. Overview |
| 2. Military, Diplomatic, and Social Developments |
| 3. The Middle East and Egypt, 1943–2000 |
| a. Turkey |
| b. Cyprus |
| c. Iran |
| d. Afghanistan |
| e. Syria |
| f. Lebanon |
| g. Palestine and Israel |
| h. Jordan |
| i. Iraq |
| j. Saudi Arabia |
| k. North and South Yemen |
| 1. The Gulf States |
| m. Egypt |
| 4. North Africa, 1945–2000 |
| a. Morocco |
| b. Algeria |
| c. Tunisia |
| d. Libya |
| F. South and Southeast Asia, 1945–2000 |
| 1. South Asia, 1945–2000 |
| a. Overview |
| b. British India, to Independence and Partition |
| c. The Republic of India |
| d. Pakistan |
| e. Bangladesh |
| f. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
| g. Maldives |
| h. Nepal |
| 2. Southeast Asia, 1941–2000 |
| a. Overview |
| b. Mainland Southeast Asia |
| c. The Malay Archipelago and Peninsular Malaysia |
| G. East Asia, 1945–2000 |
| 1. China, 1945–2000 |
| a. The Civil War |
| b. The People's Republic of China (PRC) |
| c. The Republic of China (Taiwan, Nationalist China) |
| 2. The Republic of Mongolia (The Mongolian People's Republic), 1945–2000 |
| 3. Korea (North and South), 1945–2000 |
| 4. Japan, 1946–2000 |
| 5. Vietnam, 1945–2000 |
| H. The Pacific Region, 1944–2000 |
| 1. The Islands, 1946–2000 |
| 2. The Philippines, 1945–2000 |
| 3. Australia, 1944–2000 |
| 4. New Zealand, 1945–2000 |
| I. Africa, 1941–2000 |
| 1. Overview |
| 2. Regions |
| a. West Africa |
| b. Northeast Africa (Horn) |
| c. East Africa |
| d. West Central Africa |
| e. Southern Africa |
| f. Madagascar |
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