lesson 16: wars and conflict in asia
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WARS AND CONFLICT IN ASIA
Lesson 16
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Communist versus Nationalist China
CommunistCapital: BeijingLeaded by Mao
ZedongSupported by
RussiansCommunism as Govt.
SystemSocialism as
economic policy
NationalistCapital: TaipeiLeaded by Chiang-Kai
ShekSupported by United
StatesRepublican-
Democratic Govt. system.
Capitalist Economic System
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Communist Government under
Mao Zedong: Hundred Flowers
Campaign Great Leap ForwardGreat Proletarian
Cultural RevolutionCommunist
Government under Deng Xiaoping:
Four Modernizations Campaign
Republican-Democratic Govt.
system under Chiang:
Land to the Tiller Program
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Korean War and the Korean DMZ Conflict
South KoreaDemocratic
Government System
Dr. Syngman Rhee1st Korean war
Aided by the United Nations
Capital: Seoul
North KoreaCommunism as
Government System
Kim Il-Sung1st Korean war
Aided by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Pyongyang
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1st Korean war ended with an Armistice
Physical division of Korea into South and North Korea
Creation Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Second Korean WarSecond Korean War ended with a truce
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Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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Partition of India and Indo Pakistan Wars
India Indian Nationalist
MovementPresident:Jawaharlal
Nehru Capital: New Delhi
Pakistan Muslim LeagueGovernor General:
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Capital: Karachi
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1st Indo-Pakistan War: Control over Kashmir and JammuEnded with a plebiscite2/3 of Kashmir and included Jammu ceded to
India, 1/3 of Kashmir to Pakistan. 2nd Indi-Pakistan War: Unsatisfied with the
land distribution.3rd Indo- Pakistan War: Eastern Pakistan
wants Independence.Republic of Bangladesh
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Balfour Declaration of 1947Republic of Israel on May 14, 1948Arab league staged attack against Israel Israel won against ArabsAfter the war Arab states declared an economic
embargo against Israel Egyptian Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the
control over the Suez canal and closing of Tihran Strait
Suez or Sinai War Egypt Dual allegiance to the USSR and US.UN Emergency Forces
Arab- Israeli Wars
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Third Arab- Israeli War Israel Won
Forth Arab-Israeli War/ Ramadan WarIsrael Won
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Major Conflict of Iran and Iraq:Racial Conflict, Religious Conflict, Border
ConflictIraqi President: Saddam Hussein, Iranian
President: Ayatollah Khoemeni The battle ended as a draw or stalemate
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accused Kuwait of stealing oil and asking for amnesty.
Iraq invaded KuwaitUN Security Council ordered Iraq to
withdraw 32 countries declared economic embargo
and sent troops. Ceasefire was declared by Feb. 28, 1991 Hussein assassination plot against the US
President
Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
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Vietnam War (1959-1975)North VietnamHeaded by Ho Chi
MinhSupported by
China and Russia and Vietnamese Buddhist
South VietnamPrime Minister Ngo
Dinh DiemSupported by
United States and Catholics
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South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Tonkin ResolutionTet offensiveWithdrawal of US troopsSouth Vietnam surrendered on April 30, 1975
Capital: Saigon
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Mikhael GorbachevDenounced involvement in armed conflicts Implementation of glasnost and perestroikaEnded Authoritarianism in the central govt.
and transferred power to local govt. units.Allowed semi-privatization of goodsRight to direct purchase of Goods Freedom of SpeechFormalized the disintegration of the USSR
Disintigration of the Soviet States