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The EarlyCold War:1947-1970

The EarlyCold War:1947-1970

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Documentary 1982 Archival footage

Newsreel clips Television news

footage, U.S. government-

produced films (including military training films),

Advertisements Television and radio

programs 3 educated directors

(elite colleges): Loader, Rafferty & Rafferty

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Introduction to the Cold War

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We Didn’t Start The Fire

Write down all of the items from the video that you recognize.

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Overview

• The Cold War was a state of economic, diplomatic, and ideological discord among nations without armed conflict.

• Cold War “battles” occur in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East

• 1945-1991

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Background: What

• Mutual distrust between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. had been brewing since the 1917 Russian Revolution (when U.S. forces invaded Russia to assist the anti-communist troops)

• Americans are often ignorant of this part of their history…

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Background: What

• The Soviet Union and United States united to defeat Hitler in WWII

• Once the war ended, differences became more apparent

• The Soviets lost 27 million people and saw mass devastation in the west of their country

• Americans lost just over 400,000 men and suffered no attacks after Pearl Harbor

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Post War Desires

• At the Yalta Conference in 1945, Stalin agreed to self-determination for European nations after WWII

• Stalin wanted to ensure security for the Soviet Union (remember their losses)

• He wanted a buffer zone and he wanted to extract reparations from Germany

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Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta.

Post War World

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Cold War Definition

• The Cold War, often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. A neutral faction arose with the Non-Aligned Movement founded by Egypt, India, and Yugoslavia; this faction rejected association with either the US-led West or the Soviet-led East.

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Ominous Words• "From Stettin on the Baltic to

Trieste on the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent [of Europe]. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern Europe.... All these famous cities and populations lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere."

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Background: How• MAD: “Mutually Assured Destruction”—the belief that

neither the U.S. nor the USSR would ever commit to a nuclear attack because the result would be too devastating

• Brinkmanship: The practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome. E.g. The Cuban Missile Crisis

• Proxy Wars: A proxy war or proxy warfare is a war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly. E.g. The Korean War, The Vietnam War, The Iran-Iraq War

• Détente: The easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. The term is often used in reference to the general easing of relations between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1970s, a thawing at a period roughly in the middle of the Cold War.

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Nixon and Kennedy

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Essential Questions• Based on your personal knowledge and your

past study of history, answer the following questions with your partner:– Do you believe that the world is a better, safer

place now that the Cold War is over? – How responsible do you think the USSR and the

USA are for the conflicts that continue in many parts of the world today?

– How implicated are you in this process?

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Summary

• Please write a summary of today’s lecture– Be sure to incorporate all media into your

summary– Focus on synthesizing content, ideas and

perspectives – Minimum 5-7 sentences

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Part I:

“Reconstruction & Confrontatio

n ”

Part I:

“Reconstruction & Confrontatio

n ”

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The Ideological StruggleThe Ideological StruggleSoviet &

Eastern Bloc Nations

[“Iron Curtain ”]

US & the Western

Democracies

GOAL spread world-wide Communism

GOAL “Containment” of Communism & the eventual collapse of the Communist world.[George Kennan]

METHODOLOGIES:

Espionage [KGB vs. CIA]

Arms Race [nuclear escalation]

Ideological Competition for the minds and hearts of Third World peoples [Communist govt. & command economy vs. democratic govt. & capitalist economy] “proxy wars”

Bi-Polarization of Europe [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact]

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The The ““Iron CurtainIron Curtain””

From Stettin in the Balkans, to Trieste in From Stettin in the Balkans, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an the Adriatic, an iron curtainiron curtain has descended has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lies across the Continent. Behind that line lies the ancient capitals of Central and Eastern the ancient capitals of Central and Eastern Europe.Europe. -- Sir Winston Churchill, 1946-- Sir Winston Churchill, 1946

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Truman Doctrine [1947]Truman Doctrine [1947]

1.1. Civil War in Greece.Civil War in Greece.

2.2. Turkey under pressure from the Turkey under pressure from the USSR for concessions in the USSR for concessions in the Dardanelles.Dardanelles.

3.3. The U. S. should support free The U. S. should support free peoples throughout the world peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeovers by who were resisting takeovers by armed minorities or outside armed minorities or outside pressures…We must assist free pressures…We must assist free peoples to work out their own peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.destinies in their own way.

4.4. The U.S. gave Greece & Turkey The U.S. gave Greece & Turkey $400 million in aid.$400 million in aid.

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Marshall Plan [1948]Marshall Plan [1948]

1.1. ““European Recovery European Recovery Program.Program.””

2.2. Secretary of State, Secretary of State, George MarshallGeorge Marshall

3.3. The U. S. should provide The U. S. should provide aid to aid to allall European nations European nations that need it. This move that need it. This move is not against any country or is not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.poverty, desperation, and chaos.

4.4. $12.5 billion of US aid to Western $12.5 billion of US aid to Western Europe extended to Eastern Europe Europe extended to Eastern Europe & USSR, [but this was rejected].& USSR, [but this was rejected].

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Post-War GermanyPost-War Germany

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Berlin Blockade & Airlift Berlin Blockade & Airlift (1948-49)(1948-49)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GoIL9gVonQ

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NNorth orth AAtlantic tlantic TTreaty reaty OOrganization (1949)rganization (1949)

United StatesUnited States

BelgiumBelgium

BritainBritain

CanadaCanada

DenmarkDenmark

FranceFrance

IcelandIceland

ItalyItaly

LuxemburgLuxemburg

NetherlandsNetherlands

NorwayNorway

PortugalPortugal

1952: Greece & 1952: Greece & Turkey Turkey

1955: West 1955: West GermanyGermany

1983: Spain1983: Spain

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Warsaw Pact (1955)Warsaw Pact (1955)

} U. S. S. R.U. S. S. R.

} AlbaniaAlbania

} BulgariaBulgaria

} CzechoslovakCzechoslovakiaia

} East East GermanyGermany

} HungaryHungary

} PolandPoland

} Romania (For Romania (For Pheeeoooo)Pheeeoooo)

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The Korean War: A The Korean War: A ““Police Police ActionAction”” (1950-1953) (1950-1953)

Syngman RheeSyngman Rhee

Kim Il-SungKim Il-Sung

““Domino TheoryDomino Theory””

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Crisis and CCOT: Cold War

Hinge and Turning Points

1953-1970

Crisis and CCOT: Cold War

Hinge and Turning Points

1953-1970

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Cold War

Crisis and CCOT: Cold War Hinge and Turning Points

1953-1970

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1960

1970

1980

Truman

Eisenhower

Stalin Khrushchev

Kennedy

Johnson

Brezhnev

Nixon Ford Carter

Andropov

Chernenko

Gorbachev

ReaganBush

Sr.

1950-1953

TheKorean

War

Oct 1962

CubanMissileCrisis

1964 – 1973

American MilitaryInvolvementIn Vietnam

1956

HungarianUprising

1961

BerlinWallBuilt

1968

PragueSpring:Czecho-slovakia

1980-81

SolidarityIn Poland

1989

Collapse ofCommunismIn Eastern

Europe

1991 Collapse of Soviet Union

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1950-1953 Korean

War

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

1979-1990s War in Afghanistan:

The Afghan gov’t supported by Soviet

Forces in fight against US-backed guerrilla fighters

1965-1973 Vietnam War

1960s-1980sIn Central &

South America the USA

supported anti-

Communist regimes (e.g.

General Pinochet in Chile). The

USSR supported Communist

rebels

1967-1980s: Israel supported by the US gov’t in Middle East conflict w/

Arabs. The USSR supported the Palestinians

& Arab states

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The Arms Race:The Arms Race:A A ““Missile Gap?Missile Gap?””

} The Soviet The Soviet Union Union exploded its exploded its first A-bomb in first A-bomb in 1949.1949.

} Now there Now there were two were two nuclear nuclear superpowers!superpowers!

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Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What?

HISTORY OF NUCLEAR WARHEAD STOCKPILES -- 1945-1995

NOTE: Totals are estimates. Lists include strategic and non-strategic warheads, as well as warheads awaiting dismantling

1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995

UNITED STATES 6 3,057 31,265 26,675 22,941 14,766

SOVIET UNION 0 200 6,129 19,443 39,197 27,000

BRITAIN 0 10 310 350 300 300

FRANCE 0 0 32 188 360 485

CHINA 0 0 5 185 425 425

Source: National Resources Defense Council

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Sputnik I (1957)Sputnik I (1957)

The Russians have beaten America The Russians have beaten America in space—they have the in space—they have the

technological edge!technological edge!

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SPACE RACE The

super powers

also compete

d in space.

•In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, a satellite, into orbit around the Earth.

•Soon after the United States established NASA. The race was on.

•In 1958 the U.S. launched its own first satellite. In 1961, the Soviets sent the first man into space.

•In 1969 the U.S. was the first nation to put a man on the moon. Both the Soviets and Americans explored the use of satellites for military purposes. (Star Wars, etc.)

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MaoMao’’s Revolution: 1949s Revolution: 1949

Who lost China? – A 2Who lost China? – A 2ndnd REDRED Power!Power!

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After World War II, Chinese Communists defeat Nationalist forces and two separate Chinas emerge.

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• Leads Chinese Communists against Japanese invaders– U.S. supports Nationalist state in Taiwan, called Republic of

China– Soviets and China agree to help each other in event of attack

• Mao’s Brand of Marxist Socialism– Takes property from landowners and divides it among

peasants• How different from Marx’s original theory? • Similar to the revolution in what other country?

– Government seizes private companies and plans production increase

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• Communes — large collective farms often supporting over 25,000 people

• Program is ended after inefficiency leads to crop failures and famines

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• Movement to build society of peasants, workers

• Red Guards — militia units formed to enforce strict communism in China– Teenagers, youth– close schools and execute or imprison many

intellectuals – Video

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The Nonaligned Movement

1955-1970

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• Many countries, like India, want to avoid involvement in Cold War

• Third World — developing nations; often newly independent, nonaligned

• U.S., Soviet Union, China compete for influence over Third World– Back revolutions and give economic,

military, technical aid – Some leaders (Nehru, Nasser) take

advantage of this competition

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History

• At the Bandung Conference (Asian-African Conference), in 1955, 29 Asian and African countries identified themselves as neutral

– Adopted a 10-point “declaration on the promotion of world peace and cooperation,” based on the UN Charter and the Five Principles of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

• Non-Aligned Movement was formed in 1961

• Five founding members of NAM: Nehru of India, Tito of Yugoslavia, Sukarno of Indonesia, Nasser of Egypt and Nkrumah of Ghana

• Neutrality was not specific to the Cold War

• Over 100 states were involved throughout the 20th Century

Nehru and Zhou Enlai, leader of the People’s Republic of China at the Bandung Conference

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Non-Alignment in Europe

• Almost no European countries were nonaligned, as the Iron Curtain and spheres of influence were centered in Europe

• Yugoslavia– After rejecting Soviet influence and being

expelled from Cominform, Tito’s Yugoslavia began receiving aid from the West

– However, after Stalin’s death, Tito realized that he would have to choose between allying with the West and giving up his single-party dictatorship, or reconciling with Khrushchev

– Neither choice appealed to Tito, so he became a founder of the nonaligned movement as an alternative

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Non-Alignment in Asia

• Most of Asia was represented at the Bandung Conference

• Being a key organizer of the Bandung Conference, India’s leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, emerged as a non-alignment leader

• Indonesia and Malaysia also emerged as non-alignment country leaders

• Asia, along with other Non-Alignment Movement countries, tried to shift the global political agenda away from the Cold War to the needs of their poorer countries

A map of NAM countries in 2005

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Non-Alignment in India

• After independence, India’s relations with the United States diminished substantially

• India rejected U.S. capitalism, and created a series of five year plans, with a very small private sector

• As a result of the economic disputes between India and the U.S., India refused to join the U.S. alliance in the Cold War

• Because India did not fully support the Soviet Union either, India became an organizer of the Bandung Conference

• Indian leader, Jawaharlal Nehru went to the Bandung Conference with five objectives:

– Peace and Disarmament– Self-Determination– Economic Equality– Cultural Equality– Multilateralism through strong support of the

UN

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The Third World

• The term Third World country was created during the Cold War

• During the Cold War, a Third World country referred to a country that was part of the Non-Alignment Movement

• Many Asian countries were labeled Third World countries because of their political position in the Cold War

• During the 1960s and 1970s countries part of the Third World used their majority vote in the United Nations to shift discussions and attention away from the Cold War, and to their countries’ needs.

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Africa and the Non-Alignment Movement

• The majority of the present-day members of the Non-Aligned Movement are small African states that desire independence from the world’s superpowers

• Many of these nations joined soon after gaining self-determination from Western powers as a means of maintaining their autonomy and freedom

• Eleven of the original twenty-five members of the Non-Alignment Movement were African states. Fears of further colonialism or future dependence on either the Western or communist blocs encouraged these nations to join the movement which encourages equality, non-aggression, and peaceful coexistence.

• Although the threat of war was the dominant theme at the original summit meeting in 1961, the movement gained respect and influence as nations were given the right of “independent judgment” so that they could restructure the world economic order as well as prevent imperialism from permeating their independent societies.

• The main African nations involved in the Non-Alignment Movement were Egypt, South Africa, and Ghana.

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Egyptian Involvement In The Non-Alignment Movement

• Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser played a major role in structuring the movement and its policies. He led a coup in 1952 that overthrew the royal family, and took power himself in 1954. Nasser made Egypt a one-party socialist state in 1956 and changed his title to president.

• As part of the movement to eliminate colonialism, Nasser decided to nationalize the Suez Canal in 1956, and caused great global unrest. The British and French required the canal as a passage from Europe to Asia, and Nasser intervened due to the British denying funding for the Aswan High Dam, and the retaliation from these nations led to UN intervention. Nasser then turned to the Soviet Union to gain the funds necessary to complete the dam. By seeking economic assistance from either power, Nasser created future expectations of the Non-Aligned Movement and its members. Although the movement defined its intentions, the members were not strictly bound to the policies, and many of them used realpolitik to achieve their own goals.

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Other Nations And The Non-Alignment Movement

• South Africa became a member of the Non-Alignment Movement when it severed ties to the British Commonwealth in 1961 and consolidated the apartheid system. The Commonwealth opposed the apartheid system in South Africa, making the Non-Aligned Movement a justified means to end the relationship between the two nations.

• Iran had been under the economic control of Britain and Russia throughout the nineteenth century. The Non-Alignment Movement reduced ties with these superpowers, but Iran continued to receive some economic aid from the United States because of the American’s deep interest in the Iranian oil industry.

• Kwame Nkrumah led the non-violent Convention People’s Party and was instrumental in helping Ghana gain independence from Great Britain in 1957. Nkrumah became the president of independent Ghana and fought for the policy of Africanization. Ghana became a republic in 1960, and was a founding member of the Non-Alignment Movement.

Nkrumah

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The Impact of Non-Alignment

• The Nonalignment Movement encountered several difficulties that made it less effective:– All members agreed to the ten-point

declaration and were against bloc politics, but they were by no means unified in their foreign policies or goals

– Many member-nations were from the Third World, and had little sway in international affairs compared to the powerful blocs

– The nonalignment movement succeeded in being an alternative to the bloc system and a means of avoiding the influence of the blocs

Nasser, Tito, and Nehru

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RETURNING TO THE COLD WAR…

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Premier Nikita Premier Nikita KhrushchevKhrushchev

About the capitalist About the capitalist states, it doesn't states, it doesn't depend on you depend on you whether we whether we (Soviet Union) exist.(Soviet Union) exist.If you don't like us, If you don't like us, don't accept our don't accept our invitations, and don'tinvitations, and don'tinvite us to come invite us to come to see you. Whether to see you. Whether you like it our not, history is on you like it our not, history is on our side. our side. We will bury youWe will bury you. -- . -- 19561956

De-Stalinization De-Stalinization ProgramProgram

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An Historic Irony: Sergei An Historic Irony: Sergei Khrushchev, American Khrushchev, American

CitizenCitizen

Who buried who?Who buried who?

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The Suez Crisis: 1956-The Suez Crisis: 1956-19571957

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The Hungarian Uprising: The Hungarian Uprising: 19561956

Imre Nagy, Imre Nagy, HungarianHungarian

Prime MinisterPrime Minister} Promised free Promised free elections.elections.

} This could lead to This could lead to the end of the end of communist rule in communist rule in Hungary.Hungary.

} Soviet troops shut Soviet troops shut down uprisingdown uprising

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Nixon-KhrushchevNixon-Khrushchev““Kitchen DebateKitchen Debate””

(1959)(1959)

Cold War ---> Cold War --->

TensionsTensions

<--- Technology <--- Technology

& Affluence & Affluence

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U-2 Spy Incident (1960)U-2 Spy Incident (1960)

Col. Francis Gary Col. Francis Gary PowersPowers’’ plane was plane was

shot down over shot down over Soviet airspace.Soviet airspace.

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Paris, 1961Paris, 1961

Khrushchev & JFK meet to discuss Berlin Khrushchev & JFK meet to discuss Berlin and nuclear proliferation. Khrushchev and nuclear proliferation. Khrushchev

thinks that JFK is young, inexperienced, thinks that JFK is young, inexperienced, and can be rolled.and can be rolled.

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1961—Berlin Wall

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The Berlin Wall Goes Up The Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961)(1961)

CheckpoinCheckpointt

CharlieCharlie

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Ich bin ein Ich bin ein Berliner!Berliner!

(1963)(1963)

President President Kennedy tells Kennedy tells Berliners that Berliners that

the West is the West is with them!with them!

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Khruschev Embraces Khruschev Embraces Castro,Castro,19611961

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Bay of Pigs Debacle Bay of Pigs Debacle (1961)(1961)

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Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)(1962)

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Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)(1962)

We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russians, and the other man blinked!Russians, and the other man blinked!

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Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)(1962)

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““Prague SpringPrague Spring”” (1968) (1968)

Former Czech President, Former Czech President, Alexander DubčekAlexander Dubček

Communism with a human Communism with a human face!face!

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““Prague SpringPrague Spring”” Dashed! Dashed!

Dissidents/playwrights arrested [like Dissidents/playwrights arrested [like Vaclav HavelVaclav Havel—future president of a —future president of a

free free Czech RepublicCzech Republic].].

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Détente

• Détente: the general cooling of tensions during the Cold War middle-period (70s)

• Result of 60s hyper-tension– Bay of Pigs, CMC– Space Race– Arms Race

• “Hawkish” leaders out of power

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SALT Treaties• Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty• SALT I

– 1969—reduce nuclear weapon arsenals

• SALT II– 1979, same general

guidelines– USA does not ratify in protest

of USSR invasion of Afghanistan

• Largely symbolic, indicative of move toward détente

• U.S. backs out all agreements in 1986 (height of “2nd Cold War”)

Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signing a joint communiqué on the SALT treaty in Vladivostok, November 23, 1974.

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Helsinki Accords

• 1975, Helsinki, Finland• Attempt to reduce tensions

between Western Nations and Communist Bloc

• Thirty-five states, including the USA, Canada, and all European states except Albania and Andorra

• Main result: Brought Europeans together outside of the Bi-polar power arrangements of the Cold War

Erich Honecker (DDR, left) and Helmut Schmidt (FRG) in Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki 1975.

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• Shah embraces Western governments, oil companies

• Nationalists overthrow shah, seize oil• U.S. restores shah to power, fearing

Soviet encroachment• 1978: Khomeini — Iranian Muslim leader;

sparks riots in Iran; shah flees– Khomeini, ironically receives Soviet support

• Hostage crisis, President Carter • Iraq-Iran War (1980-88)

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• Soviets invade Afghanistan, help Communist government against rebels

• Muslim rebels fight guerilla war against Soviets with U.S. weapons– Osama Bin Laden helps organize

defense of Muslim lands– Taliban emerge

• U.S. stops grain shipments to Soviet Union; Soviets withdraw (1989)

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• Ronald Reagan — anti-Communist U.S. president takes office in 1981

• Increases military spending, proposes a missile defense program

• In 1985, new Soviet leadership allows easing of Cold War tensions

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End of the Cold War: Overview

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February 21, 1972; During his visit, President Richard Nixon meets with Chairman Mao Zedong. Concerning Taiwan, the U.S. side affirms the "One China Principle". The U.S. reaffirms their interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question.

· Pres. Nixon attempted to improve U.S. ties with China by visiting China in 1972.

Recognizing China

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· Pres. Carter established official diplomatic ties with China in 1979.

On January 29, 1979, Vice- Premier Deng Xiaoping and President Carter had a chat before their talks.

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A Brief Thaw in the Cold WarDétente:· In 1972, Pres. Nixon became the first President to visit the Soviet Union since the Cold War began.

President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, 1972

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· Nixon was practicing the policy of détente, or the easing of tensions.

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· The U.S. and the Soviet Union soon signed the SALT Agreement, which limited the number of nuclear missiles that they produced.

· The relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continued to improve.

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Examples of improved U.S. – Soviet relations:

- Trade between the U.S. and the Soviet Union increased.

- In 1975, U.S. and Soviet astronauts conducted a joint space mission.

Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Donald K. Slayton hold containers of Soviet space food in the Soviet Soyuz Module

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- In 1979, Pres. Carter worked out the details of the SALT II Treaty with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

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Détente ends:

· In December of 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

The mujahideen (Islamic guerillas),who fought against the Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan during the Afghan-Soviet War (1979-1989), stand on top of a Soviet helicopter. They used guerrilla-war tactics to ambush Soviet troops.

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Osama Bin Laden, in Afghanistan during the 1980s (top), and in October of 2001 (right).

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· Pres. Carter withdrew U.S. support for the SALT II Treaty, ended all grain sales to the Soviet Union, and led an international boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

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· Pres. Reagan increased military spending and pursued a weapons program, known as Star Wars, that could shoot down missiles from space.

An End to the Cold War

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· Star Wars helped to destroy the economy of the Soviet Union, as they were unable to match the United States’ spending on the military and provide for their citizens at the same time.

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· Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev began a policy called glasnost, in which he allowed more freedom of speech and the press.

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· Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed an arms control treaty, called the INF Treaty, with Pres. Reagan in 1987.

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· As a result, fifteen Soviet republics gained their independence.

· Eventually, however, Gorbachev was forced to resign in 1991, and the Soviet Union ceased to exist.

Post-Soviet states in alphabetical order: 1. Armenia; 2. Azerbaijan; 3. Belarus; 4. Estonia; 5. Georgia; 6. Kazakhstan; 7. Kyrgyzstan; 8. Latvia; 9. Lithuania; 10. Moldova; 11. Russia; 12. Tajikistan; 13. Turkmenistan; 14. Ukraine; 15. Uzbekistan

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall – News Report from ABC News (2:55)

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Overview Images

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Vietnam War: 1965-1973Vietnam War: 1965-1973

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mujahedinmujahedin

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Lech WalesaLech Walesa

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solidaritysolidarity

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Democracy! Glasnost!Reform!

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Vaclav HavelVaclav Havel

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Nicolae CeasescuNicolae Ceasescu

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PEOPLE OF THE COLD

WAR

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