The Origins and Legacy of The Cold War:

I. Origins of Cold War - Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War". A. Definition - Sharp diplomatic and economic conflict between nations, without actual warfare, particularly the conflict between the United States and its allies and the Communist Bloc of nations led by the Soviet Union and China from the end of World War II until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and when socialists diehards stopped in 1991.

B. Two Sides

United States1. US alarmed at Soviet aim to

communize world2. US alarmed at expansion of

Soviets in Eastern Eur.3. Dem. Gov’t4. Capitalist economy5. Guarantee civil liberties6. Freedom in social and

cultural life

Soviet Union1. Alarmed at US eco. and military

size.2. Alarmed at Marxist idea that

capitalism must expand to survive.

3. Alarmed at Truman doctrine of containment

4. Authoritarian gov’t5. Communist eco. Gov’t6. Limits on civil rights7. Cycles of repression and

freedom in social and cultural life

Potsdam 1,2

Germany’s Division

Poland’s Free Government???

Soviet Expansion, the Iron Curtain, and Containment

Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

Berlin Airlift

NATO/Warsaw Pact

Communists Take Over China

Korean War

• Video Part 2

• 11. Loyalty Review Board/HUAC• 12. Hollywood Ten and the blacklist

13. U.S.S.R. explodes Atomic Bomb14. Alger Hiss

• 15. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg• 16. McCarthyism/Causes and Effects

– He may be a commie– Duck and cover

H-Bomb

Dulles and Massive Retaliation

Khrushchev

1. 2.

Suez Crisis

Eisenhower Doctrine• 1957 – Ike warned that, because of economic and political

instability, the Middle East was vulnerable to communist infiltration. Ike offers:

• 1. economic and military aid• 2. armed assistance upon request to communist aggression.• Lebanon and Saudi Arabia – yes• Egypt and Syria - no

Soviets Invade Hungary

Sputnik

• USSR 1957 1st ICBM

• Used later for Sputnik

U-2 - On May 1, 1960, thirteen days before the scheduled opening of an East–West summit conference in Paris

Kennedy and Flexible Response

• Cuba – revolt under Fidel Castro/ Bay of Pigs

United States making the first underwater launch of a Polaris on 20 July 1960 from a nuclear submarine

Berlin Crisis and the Berlin Wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

Limited Test Ban Treaty

Essay TestEssay Test

1. USSR dominates Eastern Europe

2. USSR A-bomb3. China4. Truman Doc.5. Berlin Blockade6. McCarthyism7. Dulles8. Hungary9. Korean War10. Berlin Crisis/Wall

CLC Greats list

1.USSR dominate Easter Europe

2.Marshall Plan3.USSR A-bomb4.NATO / Warsaw Pact5.McCarthyism6.Sputnik7.Truman Doctrine8.China9.U-2 Incident10.Eisenhower

Doctrine

Nixon and China - Detente

SALT I & II

Camp David Accords – US = Peace???

Soviet/Afghanistan WarVideo, Stinger

Reagan and the Cold WarVideo 1, 2

Fall of Berlin Wall - video

End of the Cold WarVideo 1, 2

Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) warhead is a collection of nuclear weapons carried on a single intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Using a MIRV warhead, a single launched missile can strike several targets, or fewer targets redundantly