The U'S' as Superpower: Strength and Its Limits

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The U.S. as Superpower Strength and Its Limits

• History 203
• June 5, 2003

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Announcements

• Final exams are on line at http//darkwing.uoregon
  .edu/dapope/203final.htm
• You may submit your take-home final to your
  section leader by 800 a.m. Thurs., June 12. (If
  youre bringing it in on Thursday morning, bring
  it to the classroom, scene of the in-class
  final.)
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  case of technical difficulties.

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The Making of a Superpower

• The End of the Cold War
• A fossilized Soviet system
• Gorbachev and Rising Expectations
• The Soviet debacle in Afghanistan
• Ronald Reagan, Strategic Defense Initiative
  (Star Wars), and Economic Pressure
• The Transformation of China From Maoist
  Radicalism to a Socialist Market System

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Sources of American Dominance

• American Economic Might
• Military Power
• Expanded military spending
• New weaponrythe Electronic Battlefield

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Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice
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Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden, Milosevic, Kim Jong Il
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Game-worn Sold for 7500 on www.air23.com
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Some Websites

• Crooked Tongues Representing Sneaker Culture
• Air 23Website for Michael Jordan Memorabilia
  (By the way, a search for Michael Jordan on Ebay
  yielded 5902 results yesterday.)
• Nikebiz.com Heritage section