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Contents Series Introduction 6 CHAPTER 1: The “Modern” World of World War II 9 CHAPTER 2: Culture and the Cold War: 1950s and 1960s 19 CHAPTER 3: The Counterculture and East Meets West: 1960s 31 CHAPTER 4: Equal Rights and the End of the Cold War: Into the 1980s 41 CHAPTER 5: Globalization and Today’s Challenges 49 Timeline 58 Further Research 60 Index 61 Photo Credits 63 About the Author and Advisor 64

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