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• Started talking about the cold war 

• • Truman Doctrine

    • In 1947, the British were helping the Greek government fight against communist guerillas

    • They appealed to AMerica for aid and we responded with the Truman Doctrine

    • Greece received large amounts of arms and supplies, and by 1949 had defeated the communists

  • Marshall Plan

    • US secretary of State Marshall announced the Marshall Plan

    • This was a massive economic aid plan for Europe to help it recover from WWII

    • There were 2 motives

      • Helping Europe to recover economically would provide markets for American goods, benefitting american industry

      • A prosperous Europe would be better able to resist the spread of communism

  • Brinkmanship

    • Going to the edge of war, without declaring war

    • Threatened nuclear war, soviets backed down

  • Massive Retaliation/ Mutual Deterrence/ Mutual Assured Destruction

    • Each side will attack back

    • Because of that no one will use the nuclear warfare

    • Everyone would die

  • NATO

    • US alliance with Western Europe

    • First peacetime alliance in history

  • CIA vs KGB

    • Central Intelligence agency- spies