In 42 episodes, John Green will begin teaching you the history of the world! This course is based on the 2012 AP World History curriculum, from growing the first crops in the First Agricultural Revolution to global textile production in the 2010s. By the end of the course, you will be able to: *Identify and explain historical developments and processes *Analyze the context of historical events, developments, and processes and explain how they are situated within a broader historical context *Explain the importance of point of view, historical situation, and audience of a source *Analyze patterns and connections among historical developments and processes, both laterally and chronologically through history *Be a more informed citizen of the world
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In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was occasionally hot, but on average, it was just cool. In the sense of its temperature. It was by no means cool, man. After World War II, there were basically two big geopolitical powers left to divide up the world. And divide they did. The United States and the Soviet Union divvied up Europe in the aftermath of the war and then proceeded to spend the next 45 years fighting over the rest of the world. It was a great ideological struggle, with the US on the side of capitalism and profit, and the USSR pushing Communism, so-called. While both sides presented themselves as the good guy in this situation, the COLD reality is that there are no good guys. Both parties to the Cold War engaged in forcible regime changes, built up vast nuclear arsenals, and basically got up to dirty tricks. If you had to pick a bad guy though, we would point out that the USSR had no intention of bringing Laika the Cosmonaut Dog home alive. That poor dog never had a shot. Thanks to Raoul Meyer for the YUGOGAL photo. Chapters: Introduction: The Cold War 00:00 The conflict between the USA and USSR 0:51 Soviet Sphere of Influence post-WWII 2:00 An Open Letter to Joseph Stalin 3:00 The Marshall Plan, the Berlin Wall, and NATO 4:04 The Nuclear Arms Race 5:16 The Hot Parts of the Cold War 6:00 The Lukewarm Parts of the Cold War 7:10 First-World, Second-World, and Third-World Divisions 7:46 The Failures of Soviet Socialism 9:06 The End of the Cold War 9:27 Credits 11:44 Want to learn more about the Cold War? Check out these other Crash Course videos: The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0 The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IcmLkuhG0 George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-K19rVDxoM The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science #24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8i38Yq1wX4 Post-War Rebuilding and the Cold War: Crash Course European History #41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rkIqtV07HE Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids