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COLD WAR COLD WAR 1945-1991 US vs. USSR 1945-1991 US vs. USSR

WHAT IS IT? · United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) viewed each other as enemies · High degree of tension existed & there was a constant threat of war · No actual direct conflict between US & USSR

WHY WASN’T IT HOT? Exhaustion after WWII Increasing danger of nuclear war

HOW WAS IT “FOUGHT?” Formation of Alliances & Spheres of Influence Arms Race(s) Proxy Wars Espionage Int’l public opinion · Economic Achievement ·     Scientific Achievement ·     Sports ·     Grandstanding on the World Stage

…Domestic policy and affairs were influenced as well SCOPE of INFLUENCE All international relations & affairs are influenced by the Cold War …Domestic policy and affairs were influenced as well

US & USSR had conflicting political & economic systems WHY the CONFLICT? IDEOLOGY US & USSR had conflicting political & economic systems   UNITED STATES SOVIET UNION E CAPITALIST vPRIVATE PROPERTY vFREE MARKET SOCIALIST/COMMUIST vNO PRIVATE PROPERTY vCENTRAL PLANNING P LIBERAL REPUBLIC vMAJORITY RULE vINDIVIDUAL RIGHTS TOTALITARIAN vRULE by the ENLIGHTENED

CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? NO!!!! BOTH IDEOLOGIES ARE EXPANSIONIST & UNIVERSAL

Examples: Make Mine Freedom (1948) The Kitchen Debate (1959) Communist Imperialism (1961)

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