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Cold WarThe foundations and events of the war between the Soviet Union and the United States
Student Learning Outcomes Identify specific events and actions which initiated the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Characterize the general mistrust between the two nation states.
Link the disagreements at the Potsdam conference to the beginning of the Cold War.
Introduction“The personal meeting with Stalin enabled me to see what the West had to face in the future. Force is the only thing the Russians understand. Stalin showed what he was after ... the Russians were planning world conquest.” President Harry Truman
Origins of the Cold WarSoviet Union after World War II
More than twenty million lives lost in the war
Wanted to retain control of the nations states in Eastern Europe
Promotion of Communism abroad into Europe
Inherit distrust of the West (the conflict of the second front during the war and previous episodes)
Origins of the Cold War United States after the World War II
Conflict among President Harry Truman and his Cabinet about whether or not to go back to isolationism like World War One
Bring the boys homeSeen as the protector of EuropeThe superpower that stood against the Soviet Union
Potsdam Conference (1945)July 17th-August 2nd
The Triumvirate Cast: U.S. President Harry Truman
President Franklin Roosevelt had died in April
England’s Prime Minister Clement Attlee Winston Churchill had been defeated in the last election
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin
The Potsdam ConferenceSoviet establishment of satellite states
(buffer zone or expansion)The atomic bomb disclosure The issue of the second frontThe continual distrust between the
Soviet Union and the WestThe Cultural and Economic difference
between the two institutions The development of the Cold War
Iron Curtain SpeechThe Iron Curtain Speech
Made in at the College at Westminster College at Fulton Missouri
Distrust of Joseph Stalin and Totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe
Pressed the U.S. to remain active in Western Europe
Iron Curtain SpeechHe pressed for U.S. presence in post war Europe
No abandonment like the first European War
Joint Anglo unification that opposed Soviet Communism
The Berlin Airlift“When Berlin falls, Western Germany will be next. If we withdraw our position in Berlin, Europe is threatened ... Communism will run rampant.”—General Clay the American Commander of the Berlin Zone
The American ResponseGreece and TurkeyCommunist insurgents verses nationalist The Civil WarEngland and France contributed aidThe well was running dryPresident Harry Truman and George
Kennan The Policy of Containment (Truman
Doctrine)
The American ResponseThe Marshall PlanNATO (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization)Unification of the zones of BerlinThe Soviet Response cutting off all aid
to the areaThe Berlin Airlift This is a sign of item to come in
regards to deterrence
The United NationsSimilarities to the League of Nations
However there are significant differences
U.S. and the Soviet Union hoped to establish a open dialogue
The Security Council Condemnation of Imperialism
The fate of Western EuropeEngland, France, Netherlands,
Belgium, Scandinavia, and even Italy turn to Socialism
The creation of the Welfare StateWhat this means for Western EuropeThe push towards decolnialization India, Africa, Southeast Asia, the
Middle EastThe Jewish State
Truman verses StalinThe shift of China to Communism The retreat to Formosa (Taiwan)The Korean Crisis President Truman deploys the military
General Macarthur Congress is not consulted however, UN security council approves
The Korean WarStalemate Korea becomes split in twoThe question of containmentU.S. response back home and the blacklisting
Are their differences or just two stubborn nations
The Cold War post StalinThe death of Stalin Nikita Khrushchev and his condemnation of Stalin’s policies
New relations with the United States Khrushchev visit to the U.S.Shift in Cold War Tactics John Foster Dulles “Spirit of Resistance”
The Middle EastRemoval of European presenceComplicated area/the issue of tribes and
oilThe problem of Israel Israel attack on the Gaza strip and the
response by EgyptNassar “Cotton for Arms” dealings with
the Soviet UnionFrance, Britain, Israel, Soviet Union,
U.S.
Middle EastThe establishment of CENTO Jordan, Syria, Lebanon,The Eisenhower Doctrine
Latin AmericaGuatemalaCIA overthrowThe issue of CubaFidel CastroThe reheating of the Cold War
Soviet and U.S. RelationsThe U-2 Spy Plane affairKhrushchev and KennedyThe issue of BerlinOnce again both sides go to the brinkEast and West BerlinThe Berlin Wall
The Cuban Missile CrisisBackgroundCastro switches to CommunismBay of PigsCuban Soviet Relations (Sugar for
Missiles)U.S. responseThe closest we come to a Cold War
Southeast Asian AffairsLaos, Cambodia, and VietnamChinese Soviet RelationsMao Ze Tong and President Richard
NixonJustification for opening the relations
U.S. Soviet Relations post VietnamThe promotion of Dentate Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger SALT talks (Strategic Arms Limitation
Treaty)The Six Day War in the Middle EastThe issue this will promote between the
two
Russian Moves into Southeast Asia
Afghanistan The Resistance The pinnacle of Russian Strength
The ending of the Cold WarConservatism in the West: Election of
both Margret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
Pope John Paul IIBreakdown in East European ControlMikhail Gorbachev and GlasnostTalks with Reagan in Iceland
The End of the Cold WarFall of the Berlin WallFree Elections in the Eastern EuropeThe Unification of Germany as well as
BerlinThe failed coup in RussiaThe Communist State Disintegrates The shift to autocracy
The End of the Cold WarFall of the Berlin WallFree Elections in the Eastern EuropeThe Unification of Germany as well as
BerlinThe failed coup in RussiaThe Communist State Disintegrates The shift to autocracy