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History Through
Literature
Chapter 18: The United States and Nation Building
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Interim governor from 1945-1951
started democracy and led Japan to
Industrial powerhouse (tech)
Gave women right to vote
Protected human rights
Outlawed racial discrimination
Decentralized the government
MacArthur in Japan
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North Korea occupied by USSR
South Korea occupied by US
North Korea – GDP is 20 billion, about
$2,000 per capita
South Korea – GDP is 1.3 trillion, $28,000
per capita
US – GDP is 14.26 trillion, $46,000 per
capita
North Korea v. South Korea
Josip Broz – “Tito” Dictator from WWII to
1980 – nonaligned
 After Tito’s Death, Yugoslavia slowly
started to break apart
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Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina voted for
independence from Yugoslavia in 1995.
Large numbers of Serbs lived there.
Serbia invaded to force them to stay
 1995 NATO air campaign stopped the
killing.
 Forced Milosevic to end war.
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Bosnian War 1992-1995
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Srebrenica - Muslim Stronghold in Bosnia
UN tried to protect it (Dutch)
Dutch did get many women and children
out
Serbs massacred over 8,000 men age 16
and up – worst since WWII
Tulza – massacre of 70 people
Srebrenica and Tulza
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Serbia – led by Slobodan Milošević tried to
take power
Strikes and riots – called out the army
Kosovo (albanians) wanted independence
Serbs may have ethnic cleansed as much as
200,000
1999 – NATO air war destroyed the Serb
army.
NATO peacekeepers (KFOR) (Kosovo Force)
entered.
Milosevic died during trial
Kosovo War 1998-1999
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Helped keep James Meredith out of the
University of Mississippi – segregation
Mississippi National Guard
Elite group of the US airborne.
Specifically trained to fight in harsh
regions and weather.
 Not really mountain anymore
 Light infantry
 Bob Dole
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US 10th Mountain Division