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