Transcript The Origins of the Cold War

The Origins of the Cold War
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Yalta and the end of WW II
Germany and Berlin Crisis
Containment and the Truman Doctrine
NATO and the Marshall Plan
Red Scare at Home
The Cold War heats up- Korea
Cold War Historiography
Origins of the Cold War
• Yalta
Origins of the Cold War
• Yalta
• Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe
Origins of the Cold War
• Yalta
• Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe
• Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe
Origins of the Cold War
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Yalta
Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe
Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe
Secrecy surrounding the Bomb
Germany 1948
Berlin -1948
George Kennan and the “Long
Telegram
• Argued that the Soviet Union was intent on
expansion.
• Unless the United States stopped them, they
wouldn’t be content until they had obtained
worldwide domination.
• Leads to doctrine of Containment- stopping
the spread of Communism worldwide
The Truman Doctrine
• “It must be the policy of the United States
to support free peoples who are resisting
attempted subjugation by armed minorities
or outside pressures”
The Marshall Plan
• Plan to provide $ to rebuild Europe
• $ to all nations that refused Communists
• Eminently successful
US Efforts to fight Communism
US Efforts to fight Communism
• Truman Doctrine
US Efforts to fight Communism
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
US Efforts to fight Communism
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• National Security Act
US Efforts to fight Communism
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Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
National Security Act
Voice of America
US Efforts to fight Communism
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Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
National Security Act
Voice of America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The Red Scare (again!)
The Red Scare (again!)
• House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC)
Alger Hiss
Senator Joe McCarthy
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
General Douglas MacArthur
Cold War Historiography
Cold War Historiography
• Early History: Soviet Union at fault
Cold War Historiography
• Early History: Soviet Union at fault
• Revisionist History: 1960s- United States
at fault; Soviet Union only acting
defensively.
Cold War Historiography
• Early History: Soviet Union at fault
• Revisionist History: 1960s- United States
at fault; Soviet Union only acting
defensively.
• Post-Revisionist History: 1970s- United
States and Soviet Union about equally
culpable.