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Global Benefit Event A mega-star collaboration to raise funds for famine in Ethiopia, mobilizing global awareness beyond the Cold War.
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Although it was released in 1938, its 1949 broadcast in Ecuador caused real panic. It demonstrates the power of mass media, a crucial weapon in the psychological Cold War.
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End of World War II; beginning of the US–USSR rivalry
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The first step was the “Truman Doctrine” that was formulared in March 1947, which reflected the combativeness of President Harry Truman. Truman wanted to “scare the hell” out of Congress. Arguing that Greece and Turkey could fall victim to subversion without support from friendly nations, Truman asked Congress to authorize $400-million in emergency assistance
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Musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker spearheaded the bebop movement. Jazz, an African-American creation, became a powerful symbol of American cultural freedom and was used as a tool of cultural diplomacy by the U.S. government.
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Columbia Records introduces the LP, revolutionizing the way we consume music. It allows for concept albums and higher sound fidelity, laying the foundation for the modern recording industry.
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the Soviet Union secretly and successfully conducted its first weapon test, RDS-1, at the Semipalatinsk Test Site of the Kazakh SSR. Simultaneously, project scientists had been developing conceptual thermonuclear weapons. The US detection of the test, via anticipatory atmospheric fallout monitoring, led to a more rapid US program to develop thermonuclear weapons, and marked the opening of the nuclear arms race of the Cold War.
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Waging between 1950 and 1953, it was the first armed conflict of the Cold War. It began as a civil war between different Korean power factions vying for control of Korea. The communists had established a government under the leadership of Kim Il Sung in the north, and the nationalists had established the government of Syngman Rhee in the south, with the intervention of the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Although it would explode in 1955, this song is the harbinger of rock and roll. It represents the emergence of a rebellious, consumerist youth culture, challenging the postwar conformism of the West.
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His revolutionary style and explicit sensuality make him the "King of Rock and Roll." He is a massive cultural phenomenon that terrifies the older generation and is viewed as a decadent product by the Soviet bloc.
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The Vietnam War was a military conflict that took place between 1955 and 1975 and pitted the government of South Vietnam (supported by the United States) against the communist revolutionary forces and North Vietnam. In 1954, Vietnam was divided into two territories. North Vietnam was ruled by a communist leader named Ho Chi Minh.
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It was the first successful attempt to put an artificial satellite into orbit around Earth. It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Tyuratam, 371 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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One of the great Soviet musical works. Shostakovich, under pressure from the regime, masters the art of encoding personal criticism and pain within state-approved classical structures.
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The government of the communist-bloc German Democratic Republic ordered its construction to stem the migration of its citizens to the capitalist Federal Republic of Germany, which offered better political, economic, and social conditions.
The wall's official name was the "Anti-Fascist Protection Wall." However, in the Western world, it was known as the "Wall of Shame" and was considered a symbol of the oppression of communist regimes. -
When Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution triumphed (1959), U.S. interests in Cuba were harmed, and the U.S. government took a series of aggressive measures to impose its influence on the country. However, in response to this situation, Castro obtained the support of the USSR to maintain his autonomy and approved the installation of Soviet missiles on the island.
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The "British Invasion" changes pop music forever. Its phenomenal success demonstrates the soft power of Western culture and offers an optimistic and unifying vision in contrast to the grim political reality.
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By switching from his acoustic guitar to an electric one, Dylan symbolizes the evolution of folk protest to a more
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Released in a year of global turmoil, the song becomes a message of comfort and resilience that transcends borders and ideologies.
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The Vietnam War was a military conflict that took place between 1955 and 1975 and pitted the government of South Vietnam (supported by the United States) against the communist revolutionary forces and North Vietnam. In 1954, Vietnam was divided into two territories. North Vietnam was ruled by a communist leader named Ho Chi Minh.
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A soul album that openly addresses social injustice, war, and the environment, maturing the protest genre.
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The SALT agreements (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) refer to two bilateral talks on international treaties between the Soviet Union and the United States on the subject of arms control, specifically limiting strategic nuclear weapons and halting the arms race.
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In January 1973, the final withdrawal of the US Army from South Vietnam within sixty days was agreed upon in Paris. On March 29, 1973, the official withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam concluded with the flag-retiring ceremony in the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon.
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Birth of Punk With its nihilistic attitude, punk is a cry of rage against the establishment. Its slogan "No Future" reflects youthful hopelessness.
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A fierce attack on oppressive education and conformity. It becomes a global outcry against authority.
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The Soviet Union went to war in Afghanistan in 1979, fearing that the growing Muslim population in Soviet Central Asia threatened Soviet control. The war lasted ten years, and the Soviet Union suffered a devastating defeat.
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It is an independent trade union movement that emerged in Poland in the early 1980s. It became a symbol of the struggle against the communist regime and played a key role in the fall of the socialist government in the country and in the subsequent changes in Central and Eastern Europe. It has become a symbol of the struggle for freedom and human rights in Poland.
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"Video Killed the Radio Star." Music becomes a global visual product, promoting Western values directly into people's homes.
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It began with the Soviet deployment of SS-20 nuclear missiles in Central and Eastern Europe, capable of reaching any European country. The Federal Chancellor's call for NATO intervention led to the adoption, on December 12, 1979, of the so-called "double decision."
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Concert/Soft Power Playing for thousands of young East Germans, his message of freedom preceded the fall of the Wall by months. Music paved the way.
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In the face of political instability and the continued rise of demonstrations, border crossings between East and West Germany and across the Berlin Wall were opened on November 9, 1989. Thousands of citizens began to cross the border. In Berlin, Germans demonstrated by destroying the Wall with picks and hammers. The following year, free elections were held in the GDR.