Transcript The Cold War

Assignment #1: Cold War Origins
Think about…..”Frenemies” (Friends who are
enemies….enemies who are friends)
Have you ever had a frenemy?
Have you ever had to work with someone toward a
common goal, but did not get along with, like or
agree with them?
For example….a group project….a
sports team…fighting WWII?
Today we will examine how the US
and USSR go from “Frenemies”
fighting the Nazis to real live
enemies.
New Unit Calendar!
HW#1: due Friday
Cold War Origins
1947-1991
Key Question: Why was there so much tension
between the US and the Soviet Union?
1. Competing ideologies
vs.
2. World War II bitterness
A. Yalta Conference
-- Feb. 1945: Meeting of allied powers
-- Divide Germany into 4 zones
B. Different Goals:
U.S.
U.S.S.R.
1.Encourage
democracy
2.Rebuild &
strengthen
European gvmts
(including
Germany) –
WHY?
1.Encourage
communism
2.Rebuild USSR
economy
3.Control eastern
Europe (WHY?)
4.Keep Germany
weak (WHY?)
3. The “Iron Curtain” descends
A. Soviet Control: “Eastern Bloc”
PROTECTION…from what?
What’s weird about this
picture?
UK
US
France
USSR
The “Iron Curtain”
DIVISION BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC WESTERN
EUROPE AND COMMUNIST EASTERN EUROPE
B. Policy of CONTAINMENT

Foreign policy: stop Soviet
expansion! Two ways to “fight”:
1. Economic
2. Military (“proxy wars”)
(Economic Strategy)
The Marshall Plan, 1948
 Post-war European aid (food, $,
infrastructure, etc.)  WHY?
Amount of aid received
 (Military Strategy)
The Truman Doctrine, 1947
-US will support countries that
reject communism
We are either with you
or against you
Question: Uh, what are some potential problems with this policy?
C. The Berlin Blockade
 First crisis!
 Stalin blocks supplies
from westerncontrolled Berlin
 Berlin airlift (11
months)
 Soviets give up
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Airlift
D. The Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961)
What does this say
about the political
legitimacy of the East
German government?
Checkpoint
Charlie
E. New Military Alliances!
 NATO: North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
 The Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
 United States
 Belgium
 Britain
 Canada
 Denmark
 Luxemburg
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Portugal
 France
 1952: Greece &
Turkey
 Iceland
 1955: West Germany
 Italy
 1983: Spain
Warsaw Pact (1955)
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U. S. S. R.
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East Germany
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Albania
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Hungary
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Bulgaria
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Poland
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Czechoslovakia
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Rumania
How the CW was fought
Foreign Aid
Spying
Multinational Alliances
Propaganda
Brinkmanship – the arms
race
“Proxy Wars”
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
About the capitalist
states, it doesn't
depend on you
whether we
(Soviet Union) exist.
If you don't like us,
don't accept our
invitations, and don't
invite us to come
to see you. Whether
you like it our not, history is on our
side. We will bury you. -- 1956
WHY DIDN’T THE U.S. JUST
DECLARE WAR ON THE SOVIETS
AND GET IT OVER WITH, ALREADY?
Assignment #2: Cold War Visual
Create your own image (ex: cartoon, drawing)
that illustrates people, events or
ideas relating to an aspect of the early
Cold War described in the
lecture.
Include a brief written explanation or caption.
Demonstrating a creative
understanding of the concepts is
more important than artistic ability
HOW DO THESE CARTOONS RELATE
TO WHAT YOU JUST LEARNED IN THE
LECTURE?