上海交通大学通识核心课程“历史视野下的美国文化”结业论文 broke out in China(CPC and KMT)and Korea(North and South),the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962,the space wars,arms wars including ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads. The Afghan War by Soviet in which the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1980,which led to the United States and its allies boycotting the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow.In retaliation,the Soviet Union and its allies boycotted the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles,USA.23 The US financed and armed the Afghan guerrillas to fight against the Soviet troops.The Afghan War was a major factor in bankrupting the Soviet Union.24 Eventually,the flaws of communism would prove to be greater than those of democracy, and socialism came crashing down with the Berlin Wall.The Warsaw Pact were disintegrated,the Baltic states and some former Soviet Republics achieved independence.Communism collapsed worldwide.Once again,the world had survived a critical moment in history. Reference Wettig,Gerhard.Stalin and the Cold War in Europe,Rowman Littlefield.2008.pp.35-39 P.M.H.Bell,The World Since 1945,London,Arnold,2001,pp.89 Crockatt Richard.The Fifty Years War:The United States and the Soviet Union in World Politics, 1941-1991.First to Fourth Chapter. Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia.Wikimedia Foundation,Inc. Office of the Historian,Bureau of Public Affairs,United States of America Department of State. 魏啸飞，《美国文明史》，北京大学出版社，2008，第234-308页 23"Olympic Games Boycotts and Political Events."Topend Sports Network.7 December 2012 <http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/boycotts.htm> 24 A Panoramic History of American Civilization for Colleges,Peking University Press,2008,p.305 6上海交通大学通识核心课程“历史视野下的美国文化”结业论文 6 broke out in China(CPC and KMT) and Korea (North and South), the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the space wars, arms wars including ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads. The Afghan War by Soviet in which the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1980, which led to the United States and its allies boycotting the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow. In retaliation, the Soviet Union and its allies boycotted the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles, USA. 23 The US financed and armed the Afghan guerrillas to fight against the Soviet troops. The Afghan War was a major factor in bankrupting the Soviet Union.24 Eventually, the flaws of communism would prove to be greater than those of democracy, and socialism came crashing down with the Berlin Wall. The Warsaw Pact were disintegrated, the Baltic states and some former Soviet Republics achieved independence. Communism collapsed worldwide. Once again, the world had survived a critical moment in history. Reference Wettig, Gerhard. Stalin and the Cold War in Europe, Rowman & Littlefield. 2008. pp. 35-39 P. M. H. Bell, The World Since 1945, London, Arnold, 2001, pp. 89 Crockatt Richard. The Fifty Years War: The United States and the Soviet Union in World Politics, 1941-1991. First to Fourth Chapter. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States of America Department of State. 魏啸飞，《美国文明史》，北京大学出版社， 2008，第 234-308 页 23 “Olympic Games Boycotts and Political Events.” Topend Sports Network. 7 December 2012. <http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/boycotts.htm> 24魏啸飞, A Panoramic History of American Civilization for Colleges, Peking University Press, 2008, p. 305