FOREIGN POLICY - Containment

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FOREIGN POLICY - Containment TRUMAN, 1945-1953 George Kennan, Soviet expert Truman Doctrine Turkey, Greece Marshall Plan (Western Europe) Japan occupied/built up Berlin Airlift NATO Fall of China Korean War MacArthur fired Stalemate Integrates military HUAC Alger Hiss EISENHOWER, 1953-1961 “New Look” in containment Dulles (Sec. of State) Massive Retaliation & Brinkmanship Ends Korean War Threat of nukes Stalin dead – Khrushchev wants end Vietnam – domino theory Sputnik – Space Race CIA Coups Iran Guatemala Cuba – planned Bay of Pigs Suez Canal

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FOREIGN POLICY - Containment. TRUMAN, 1945-1953 George Kennan, Soviet expert Truman Doctrine Turkey, Greece Marshall Plan (Western Europe) Japan occupied/built up Berlin Airlift NATO Fall of China Korean War MacArthur fired Stalemate Integrates military HUAC Alger Hiss. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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FOREIGN POLICY - Containment• TRUMAN, 1945-1953• George Kennan, Soviet expert• Truman Doctrine• Turkey, Greece

• Marshall Plan (Western Europe)

• Japan occupied/built up• Berlin Airlift• NATO• Fall of China• Korean War• MacArthur fired• Stalemate• Integrates military

• HUAC• Alger Hiss

• EISENHOWER, 1953-1961• “New Look” in containment• Dulles (Sec. of State)• Massive Retaliation & Brinkmanship

• Ends Korean War• Threat of nukes• Stalin dead – Khrushchev wants end

• Vietnam – domino theory• Sputnik – Space Race• CIA Coups• Iran• Guatemala• Cuba – planned Bay of Pigs

• Suez Canal• Eisenhower Doctrine – Middle East• McCarthyism, Rosenbergs