American Foreign Policy:

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American Foreign Policy World War II-Cold War
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How to end World War II? Roosevelt- unconditional
surrender
US-Soviet cooperation 1)behave like other
states 2) Aid 3) Personal Appeal
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Germany -- Split up into multiple nations
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Yalta- February 1945
-- Fate of Germany
--UN (April 1945)
--Eastern Europe
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Eastern Europe --Friendly to Soviets --Declaration
of Liberated Europe
Why Friendly? WWI- 1.2 mn dead, 2.7 mn
casualties WWII- 7.5 mn dead, 12 mn casualties
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Truman
political eunuch I felt like the moon, stars,
and all the planets had fallen on me
We Must Stand Up to the Russians
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Potsdam Conference- July 1945 -- Germany Divided
Further
--Atom Bomb
September 2nd, end of World War 2
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End of World War 2 -- US Dominant -- Soviets
Rebuilding
1945 US GDP/Soviet GDP 4.30
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Beginning of the Cold War
Stalin- February 1946
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Churchill- March 1946
Kennan- Long Telegram
Soviets Reject American Loans
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Issues facing Truman -- Rise of Communist
Parties --Domestic Politics
February 1947- Greece and Turkey
March 12, 1947- Truman goes before Congress
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Truman Doctrine Communism and Containment
Containment 1) Marshall Plan 17 bn
2) Regional Security Pacts
3) Internal Reorg- NSA of 1947
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Cold War Events 1) Berlin Crises-1948,1958,1961
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2) China-1949
3) Detonation of Nuclear Device by Soviets- Sept.
23, 1949
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US Response- NSC 68 1) No Negotiation with Soviets
2) Increase in military spending
3) Development hydrogen bombs
4) Increased taxes
5) Mobilization of America
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6) alliances
7) Undermining Soviets from within
How to sell to Americans?
Korea came along and saved us
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Korean War
End of World War 2- 38th parallel -- Soviets
Above, US Below
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June 25, 1950, NK attacks SK
June 27, UN and US enter war
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October- US crosses 38th parallel --Chinese enter
war in November
1952 Election- Eisenhower Wins 1953- Armistice
signed
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Boundary at 38th parallel, 3 mile DMZ