Cold War 1945-1991
Origins Allied Meetings Red Scare Capitalism vs. Communism Tehran Yalta Potsdam Red Scare Capitalism vs. Communism “Iron Curtain”
Origins Communism (USSR) Communism (Marx) People own everything Totalitarian dictatorship Property owned by the state No free enterprise allowed Wealth distributed unequally State controlled: Media (books, television, radio, etc.) Education Religion Food Production Industrial Production Fear, Terror, Violence People own everything No private property Wealth shared by all Eliminate class conflict
Policies Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program) Support free peoples of the world Fight Soviet aggression Stop the spread of Communism Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program) Berlin Airlift NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
Post-War Recovery Western Economic Boom, 1945-1970 Western Germany= “Economic Miracle” Great Britain and U.S.= Welfare State European Economic Community
Cold War Divisions Arms Race Space Race Red Scare Cuban Missile Crisis Berlin Wall
Cold War Around the World Asia Korean War, 1950-1953 Economic and political pressure Military build-up and intervention European focus Spread to Asia SEATO Vietnam War, 1954-1975
Cold War Around the World Africa Egypt Angola Ethiopia Latin America Nicaragua Venezuela Cuba
Cold War Around the World Middle East Oil WWI and WWII make ME important oil reserve for Europe and US Cold War perpetuates need to secure oil Iran Nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1953 CIA-led coup d’etat Suez Crisis Base Race Israel vs. Palestine 1973 Arab-Israeli War Afghanistan Iran-Iraq War