World Civilizations 112
Lecture Outlines
Lecture #31

The Emergence of a Global Economy

1. General MacArthur & the Reconstruction of Japan
2. The Japanese Economic Strategy
3. The Oil Embargo and the Triumph of the Japanese Model
4. The Bubble Economy and its collapse
5. The Korean War and its Aftermath
6. The Era of the Generals and the Industrialization of Korea
7. Democracy in Japan and in Korea
8. The evolution of the KMT in Taiwan
9. A Taiwanese economy miracle and the birth of Chinese Democracy
10. The beginnings of industrialization in Southeast Asia
11. AIPAC and the Americans

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