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Key Policies of the Early Cold War: Strategies and Impact (1947-1962)

This overview examines the major policies and events of the Early Cold War, focusing on the U.S. strategies implemented in response to the perceived threats of communism. Key topics include George Kennan's containment doctrine, the Marshall Plan for European recovery, the military engagements in Korea and Vietnam, and cultural exchanges like the Moscow Fair and Olympics. The evolution of military strategies, including nuclear arms development and the shift in foreign policy under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, reveals the complexities of this period marked by ideological, economic, military, and cultural fronts.

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Key Policies of the Early Cold War: Strategies and Impact (1947-1962)

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  1. The Early Cold War Dr. Kevin B. Witherspoon Lander University

  2. Early Cold War Policies • Cold War: 4 fronts • Ideological (Kennan, containment) • Economic (Marshall Plan) • Military (Berlin, Korea, Vietnam) • Cultural (Moscow Fair, Olympics)

  3. Early Cold War Policies • Containment* • George Kennan* • “Long telegram” • “X Article” • The Truman Doctrine • Mar. 12, 1947 • U.S. police the world

  4. Early Cold War Policies • Marshall Plan • $30 billion for recovery • European unity • Create world markets • Dependence on U.S. • SEATO • NATO: • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Berlin Air Lift

  5. Militarization • 1947 National Security Act • Dept. of Defense • National Security Council • Central Intelligence Agency • USSR atomic bomb 1949 • USA h-bomb 1954 • USSR h-bomb 1955

  6. NSC-68 • The state of things • Hard line on communism • Communism = Soviets • USSR bent on world domination • Technology • Policy • Negotiate • Not all defensive • Increase strength • ZERO-SUM

  7. The 1950s • Korean War* • China • Mao Tse-Tung, communist • Chiang Kai-Shek • Civil War • Action • Costs of the war: • 4 million Koreans dead • 1 million Chinese dead • 52,000 U.S. dead • $20 million

  8. Effects of Korean War* • Ike rise to power • Fueled McCarthyism • Sino-US relations deteriorate • Army enlarged • Militarization • Push for hydrogen bomb • Armistice • Preparedness • War-time budget

  9. The 1950s • Dwight D. Eisenhower* • Intelligence and technology • John Foster Dulles • Massive retaliation: • Mutually Assured Destruction • Domino theory

  10. The 1950s • Cold War thaw: Ike and Kruschev • “Ping-pong diplomacy” • Cultural exchanges • Weaknesses: • The race issue • Brainwashing • Who’s in charge? • The re-freeze: Sputnik*, 1957 • U-2 spy plane, 1960

  11. Kennedy*, the early 1960s • Early policies • Germany • Peace Corps, 1961 • The Bay of Pigs*

  12. Kennedy, the early 1960s • The Cuban Missile Crisis*

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