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The new world order and the war against global terrorism

ICSE · Class 12 · History

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Overview

The end of the Cold War in 1991 left the USA as the world’s only superpower. This created a phase of confidence in American leadership, but it also produced resentment in many parts of the world. The chapter traces how US interventionist foreign policy, rising anti-American feeling, and terrorist at

Key Concepts

After the Cold War

After the Cold War, the USA emerged as the only superpower and tried to shape global politics through military power, economic influence and internati

Terrorism is political violence or

Terrorism is political violence or the deliberate creation of fear against civilians and civilian infrastructure to influence behaviour, inflict punis

Al

Al-Qaeda, meaning the Base, was an Arab Sunni Muslim terrorist organisation led by Osama bin Laden. It formed in the late 1980s during the Afghan stru

After 9/11

After 9/11, George W. Bush declared a war on terrorism and targeted al-Qaeda, the Taliban and later Iraq, while describing Iraq, Iran and North Korea

The Taliban were a conservative Muslim

The Taliban were a conservative Muslim faction made up of Pashtuns. They ruled Afghanistan, were overthrown in October 2001, and later returned as an

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how the end of the Cold War changed global power relations
  • Explain why terrorism became a major international issue after 1991
  • Describe the rise of al-Qaeda and the significance of the 9/11 attacks
  • Analyse the US-led war on terror and its effects on Afghanistan and Iraq
  • Compare different views on terrorism, intervention and resistance

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