The new confusion in Europe after 1989
Quelle
Kursbuch Geschichte: Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart/ Berg, Rudolf (bearb.) u. a. - Berlin: Cornelsen; Volk und Wissen, 2001, S. 607 -
GEI: HEG-V 103(1,2001)+1
Verlag
Beschreibung
The source describes the end of the East-West conflict and the ensuing changes in the international landscape after 1989. The collapse of the Soviet Union brought new challenges. The passage explores developments in Eastern Europe after 1989 and illuminates the difficulties facing Europe after the fall of Communism.
Kategorien
Schlüsselwörter
- Gorbatschow, Michail
- CSCE
- unification process
- European Union
- 1989
- Eastern Europe
- Globalisation
- Ost-West-Konfrontation
Kommentar
The school textbook for the federal states Berlin and Brandenburg was written by a team of historians and experts in history didactics1 and published in 2001 by Cornelsen/Volk und Wissen2. It is written for pupils at the upper secondary level. The selected passage is taken from the final section of the book (“Europe and the World: [mehr...]