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American Foreign Policy: World War II-Cold War. How to end World War II? Roosevelt- unconditional surrender. US-Soviet cooperation 1)behave like other states 2) Aid 3) Personal Appeal. Germany -- Split up into multiple nations. Yalta- February 1945. -- Fate of Germany.
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American Foreign Policy: World War II-Cold War
How to end World War II? Roosevelt- unconditional surrender US-Soviet cooperation 1)behave like other states 2) Aid 3) Personal Appeal
Germany -- Split up into multiple nations
Yalta- February 1945 -- Fate of Germany --UN (April 1945) --Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe --Friendly to Soviets --Declaration of Liberated Europe Why Friendly? WWI- 1.2 mn dead, 2.7 mn casualties WWII- 7.5 mn dead, 12 mn casualties
Truman “political eunuch” “I felt like the moon, stars, and all the planets had fallen on me” “We Must Stand Up to the Russians”
Potsdam Conference- July 1945 -- Germany Divided Further --Atom Bomb September 2nd, end of World War 2
End of World War 2 -- US Dominant -- Soviets Rebuilding 1945 US GDP/Soviet GDP = 4.30
Beginning of the Cold War Stalin- February 1946
Churchill- March 1946 Kennan- Long Telegram Soviets Reject American Loans
Issues facing Truman -- Rise of Communist Parties --Domestic Politics February 1947- Greece and Turkey March 12, 1947- Truman goes before Congress
Truman Doctrine– Communism and Containment Containment— 1) Marshall Plan– 17 bn 2) Regional Security Pacts 3) Internal Reorg- NSA of 1947
Cold War Events 1) Berlin Crises-1948,1958,1961
2) China-1949 3) Detonation of Nuclear Device by Soviets- Sept. 23, 1949
US Response- NSC 68 1) No Negotiation with Soviets 2) Increase in military spending 3) Development hydrogen bombs 4) Increased taxes 5) Mobilization of America
6) alliances 7) Undermining Soviets from within How to sell to Americans? “Korea came along and saved us”
Korean War End of World War 2- 38th parallel -- Soviets Above, US Below
June 25, 1950, NK attacks SK June 27, UN and US enter war
October- US crosses 38th parallel --Chinese enter war in November 1952 Election- Eisenhower Wins 1953- Armistice signed