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The Origins and Legacy of The Cold War:

The Origins and Legacy of The Cold War:. Origins of Cold War - Bernard Baruch coins the term " Cold War ".

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The Origins and Legacy of The Cold War:

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  1. The Origins and Legacy of The Cold War:

  2. Origins of Cold War - Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War". A. Definition - Sharp diplomatic and economic conflict between nations, without actual warfare, particularly the conflict between the United States and its allies and the Communist Bloc of nations led by the Soviet Union and China from the end of World War II until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and when socialists diehards stopped in 1991.

  3. B. Two Sides United States Soviet Union Alarmed at US eco. and military size. Alarmed at Marxist idea that capitalism must expand to survive. Alarmed at Truman doctrine of containment Authoritarian gov’t Communist eco. Gov’t Limits on civil rights Cycles of repression and freedom in social and cultural life • US alarmed at Soviet aim to communize world • US alarmed at expansion of Soviets in Eastern Eur. • Dem. Gov’t • Capitalist economy • Guarantee civil liberties • Freedom in social and cultural life

  4. Potsdam1,2

  5. Germany’s Division

  6. Poland’s Free Government???

  7. Soviet Expansion, the Iron Curtain, and Containment

  8. Truman Doctrine

  9. Marshall Plan

  10. Berlin Airlift

  11. NATO/Warsaw Pact

  12. Communists Take Over China

  13. Korean War • VideoPart 2

  14. 11. Loyalty Review Board/HUAC • 12. Hollywood Ten and the blacklist

  15. 13. U.S.S.R. explodes Atomic Bomb 14. Alger Hiss

  16. 15. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg • 16. McCarthyism/Causes and Effects • He may be a commie • Duck and cover

  17. H-Bomb

  18. Dulles and Massive Retaliation

  19. Khrushchev 1. 2.

  20. Suez Crisis

  21. Eisenhower Doctrine • 1957 – Ike warned that, because of economic and political instability, the Middle East was vulnerable to communist infiltration. Ike offers: • 1. economic and military aid • 2. armed assistance upon request to communist aggression. • Lebanon and Saudi Arabia – yes • Egypt and Syria - no

  22. Soviets Invade Hungary

  23. Sputnik • USSR 1957 1st ICBM • Used later for Sputnik

  24. U-2 - On May 1, 1960, thirteen days before the scheduled opening of an East–West summit conference in Paris

  25. Kennedy and Flexible Response

  26. Cuba – revolt under Fidel Castro/ Bay of Pigs

  27. United States making the first underwater launch of a Polaris on 20 July 1960 from a nuclear submarine

  28. Berlin Crisis and the Berlin Wall

  29. Cuban Missile Crisis

  30. Limited Test Ban Treaty

  31. Essay Test Essay Test

  32. CLC Greats list USSR dominate Easter Europe Marshall Plan USSR A-bomb NATO / Warsaw Pact McCarthyism Sputnik Truman Doctrine China U-2 Incident Eisenhower Doctrine • USSR dominates Eastern Europe • USSR A-bomb • China • Truman Doc. • Berlin Blockade • McCarthyism • Dulles • Hungary • Korean War • Berlin Crisis/Wall

  33. Nixon and China - Detente

  34. SALT I & II

  35. Camp David Accords – US = Peace???

  36. Soviet/Afghanistan WarVideo, Stinger

  37. Reagan and the Cold WarVideo 1, 2

  38. Fall of Berlin Wall - video

  39. End of the Cold WarVideo 1, 2

  40. Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) warhead is a collection of nuclear weapons carried on a single intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Using a MIRV warhead, a single launched missile can strike several targets, or fewer targets redundantly

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