17,394
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 8:
Line 8: − + + + + + + + + + +
Cold War
While South Korea (like Japan) is strictly speaking a Far Eastern nation, it is strongly allied with the United States, both politically and economically. Using Western educational methods, its students now lead the world in mathematics achievement.
While South Korea (like Japan) is strictly speaking a Far Eastern nation, it is strongly allied with the United States, both politically and economically. Using Western educational methods, its students now lead the world in mathematics achievement.
[[category:economics terms]]
In the [[Cold War]] (1947-91), the West opposed the Soviet Union and its satellites, as well as Communist China. The main military alliance in the West was--and still is--[[NATO]], formed in 1949.
==Further reading==
* Gress, David. ''From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents'' (1996) [http://www.amazon.com/Plato-NATO-Idea-West-Opponents/dp/0743264886/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235002096&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Rosenberg, Nathan, and L.E. Birdzell Jr. ''How The West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World'' (1987) [http://www.amazon.com/How-West-Grew-Rich-Transformation/dp/0465031099/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235002160&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
[[category:Economic History]]
[[category:European History]]
[[category:Cold War]]