The last two chapters explained the last half century to modern day Europe. 1960’s were a very dramatic time period full of civil rights and protests. They called the time period after World War II the permissive society. Sweden was the frontrunner of the sexual uprising. Divorce had hit its new high. The use of Marijuana and …show more content…
30,000 European students protested this war. Some of these protests led to violence because of such radical opinions. The Soviet Union made a few significant changes by Leonid Brezhnev was not for the changes in experimentation. He created a Doctrine that stated they could intervene if socialism was vulnerable. Poland had its own reform which they called Solidarity which was a labor union. The economic problems in Eastern Europe built the Berlin wall in 1961. Recession hit Europe in 1973 inflation and unemployment were overwhelming to Europeans. Germany changed political sides and were no longer democratic. In Ireland there were fights between the Catholics and Protestants. In Britain the first Women prime minister was elected Margaret Thatcher. Frances economy was very poor during the 1970s. In this book it talks about how the cold war and how it was the second Vietnam War I had no idea that there was two Vietnam wars. From 1965 to 1973 the Second Vietnam war began and ended. Guerrilla warfare was used with Vietcong and North Vietnamese. The Paris Agreement helped end the