conflict between soviets and US. trumans anti communist act treaty.
political, stratigic and ideological struggle between US and ussr.
* WWII created huge rivalry between ussr and us. different philosophy
* germany's split, troubles agreeing on zones.
* ussr found out we were making atomic bomb.
* US wanted to trade with countries all around the world.
* ussr and us were major powers. tension.
* contain communism
2. Policy of Containment -domino effect, mutual deterrence, massive retaliation, Truman Doctine, Marshall Plan, NATO
domino effect
* one country became communist, effected another country so on so on..
* because of this, policy of containment.
mutual deterrence
massive retaliation
Truman Doctrine
* strategy to contain communism
* march12, 1947
* first containment doctrine
* helped greece and turkey, help by money and supplies.
NSC-68
* National security council report.
* communists planned for world domination
* shape us foreign policy. "blueprint"
* nsc written during the beginning stage of cold war
marshall plan
* rebuilding and creating ecomonmic fondation for western europe.
* june fifth 1947, put into action
* effect for 4 years.
* us aided europe from the end of the war to the beginning of the plan.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
* Orginization est to protect western europe.
* sstrengthened western allies military by promising back up
* encouraged political, economic, and social cooperation among the countries
*WITHOUT NATO, many bloody conflicts would be going today.
* destalinization. started by Khrushchev
* process of neutralizing the influence and acts of Joseph Stalin
* revised policies and removed monuments that dedicated and supported stalin
Peaceful coexistence
* capital states and coexist with communist states
Iron Curtain speech
* was a different imaginary line that split europe into two different areas
* winston churchill.
3. Both Berlin Crises
First; Berlin Blockade and Airlift,
* june 24 1948-may 12 1949
* first major point/crisis in the cold war
* attempt to airlift supplies into our sector in Berlin
* embarrassed soviets by how well we did so.
* able to use rail again in spring
* berlin against communism.
* british and us, bizonia. +france, trizone
Coming down
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4. The Red Scare--McCarthyism and HUAC
HUAC
* 1938-1975
* functions were transfered to the house Judiciary committee
* leader, Martin Dies Jr. march 4 1931- jan 3 1945
* aimed at german americans invloved with Nazi and KKK
* Methods, pressure on witnesses to name former associatesm vague and
sweeping accusations agonist individuals guilt because of association
with a suspect
McCarthyism
* communism
* witch hunt
* anyone who was a communist, books taken off shelves
5. Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs and Missile Crisis
missle crisis,
* october 1962
* placing of nuclear missles by the soviets on cuba
* cause; soviets didnt like how we had the advantage of hitting them but they could not hit us.
* allied with cuba to get a better advantage.
fidel castro
* leader of cuba
bay of pigs
* amphibious attack to overthrow cuba govt
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6. China
* chiang-hi scheck.
taiwan became apart of china after
7. Nuclear Arms Race and Reductions
* US and SU
* Massive retaliation, Mutual Deterrence
* SDI was a way for the us to defend against nuclear missiles.
* before SDI we had the sentinel program.
* Extened range intercepter. ERINT system, extention of FLAGE
* Homing overlay experiment.
* xray laser, was never deployed
8. How the Cold War ended.
1. Invasion of Afghanistan
* afghan govt called soviets to help assit with Anti communist Rebels.
* soviets destroyed much of afghanistan.
* ten years after, afghan finally took head at fighting the rebels.
* all soviets were out by feb 15 1989
* soviets in a war they can not win.
2. Fall of Communism
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9. Korean Conflict
10. Vietnam Conflict
- 1950-1975
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