Cold War
By Justin Scott Ehrenpreis
Truman Doctrine
US policy to help other countries resist military take over.
(stop communism)
Marshall Plan
US would provide money aid to rebuild Western Europe
Commenter
Soviet International Policy to help countries get rid of capitalist, imperialists
Warsaw Pact
Military Alliance between USSR and Eastern European Nations
Iron Curtin
Describes the division between Soviet Union and the West (Cold War)
Brinkmanship
The practice of threatening with massive military retaliations for any act of aggression
Harry Truman
Truman Doctrine
US President
Saw Communism as evil force
Idea “Containment”
To limit Communism
Dwight Eisenhower
US President #34
US general than President
Compared struggle against Communism of Totalitarian Government in WW2
Joseph Stalin
Leader of Russia (SU)
Brought all economic control to government
Wanted SU to be modern industrial power
Was ruthless
5 plans
Fidel Castro
Communist director of Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Head of Soviet-Communist Party
He criticized Stalin for crimes against Soviet People
JFK
35 President of US
Naval Blockade of Cuba
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of Nationalist Communist Party in Vietnam
Wanted to unite North and South Vietnam
Bay of Pigs
Failed attempt by US to overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
Invasion forces landed in Bay of Pigs in Cuba
Korean War
Between North and South Korea
US took side of South, Communists supported North US policy “containment” Which stops the spread of Communism
Space Race
A race to space for US and Russia for superiority
First Satellite Russia (Sputnick)
Arms Race
Between US and USSR
Race to have the best weapons (missiles, tanks, bombs)
Alliances
Formal agreement between two of more nations to come to each others defense
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
US, Canada, Western Europe
Nations formed by military alliance
Espionage
Government spying on another
Berlin Blockade
An event between the super powers
US and USSR had different aims for what to do to Germany
A divider of Communism
What was the Cold War?
Was a state of tension and hostility among nations (US and SU)
No armed conflicts between rivals
How did US try to halt spread of Communism?
Truman Doctrine
Containment
Why did the Cold War last so long?
Lasted more than 40 years
The conflicts arose like Korean and Vietnam War
Where there any positive effects as a result of Cold War?
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Berlin Airlift
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