The Aftermath of World War II The Cold War

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The Aftermath of World War IIThe Cold War
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Focus Question

• Why were the United States and the Soviet Union
  suspicious of each other after World War II, and
  what events between 1945 and 1949 heightened the
  tensions between the two nations? How and why
  did the Cold War become a global affair after
  1949?

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World War II in Europe
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Big Three at PotsdamJuly 17 to August 2, 1945
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Big Three at PotsdamJuly 17 to August 2, 1945
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July 16, 1945 529am
First A-Bomb
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Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
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POST-WAR REALITIES

• Emergence of the Superpowers
• United States
• Soviet Union
• The Bipolar World
• Liberal Democracy/Capitalism
• Marxist/Leninist Socialism/Communism
• Decolonization
• 90 nations gain independence between 1945-1980
• Who will fill the void?
• Alignment non-alignment

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Decolonization
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Europe after WWII
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Iron Curtain Speech At Westminster College
Fulton MO March 5, 1946
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Europe During the Cold War
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The Ideological Struggle

• The Bipolar World
• Variations on the Enlightenment Tradition
• Liberal Democracy/Capitalism
• Individual Rights Individual Freedoms
• Marxist/Leninist Socialism/Communism
• Collective Rights Collective Freedom
• The Judaeo-Christian Tradition vs Religion as the
  Opiate of the Masses

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The Munich Syndrome
Neville Chamberlain Returns to England
from Munich with peace for our time
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The Munich Syndrome

• The Truman Doctrine
• The Marshall Plan
• Containment
• The Domino Theory Eisenhower
• Mutually Assured Destruction
• Peaceful Co-existence

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Secretary of State 1947-1949 Marshall
Plan 1948-1951 13 Billion
George C. Marshall
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Berlin Airlift 22 June 1948 - 12 May 1949
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July 16, 1945 529am
First A-Bomb
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August 29, 1949 First Soviet A-bomb Test
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The Arms Race
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Europe During the Cold War
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The China Issue
Victory over Chiang Kai-Shek , 1949 Peoples
Republic of China Great Leap Forward,
1958-61 Cultural Revolution, 1966-69
Chairman Mao 1893-1976
Mao Nixon 1972
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The Korean War
Landing at Inchon
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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The Munich Syndrome

• The Truman Doctrine
• The Marshall Plan
• Containment
• The Domino Theory Eisenhower
• Mutually Assured Destruction
• Peaceful Co-existence

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Sputnik and Space RaceOctober 4, 1957
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Berlin Wall
Under Construction November 1961
In Later Stages
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Fidel Castro 1926-present
University Student
Guerrilla Leader
Castro and Khrushchev
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Cuban Missile CrisisOctober 1962
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Cabinet Meeting at Height of Cuban Missile Crisis