The Origins of the Cold War Yalta and the end of WW II Germany and Berlin Crisis Containment and the Truman Doctrine NATO and the Marshall Plan Red Scare at Home The Cold War heats up- Korea Cold War Historiography
Origins of the Cold War Yalta
Origins of the Cold War Yalta Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe
Origins of the Cold War Yalta Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe
Origins of the Cold War Yalta Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe Secrecy surrounding the Bomb
Germany 1948
Berlin -1948
George Kennan and the “Long Telegram Argued that the Soviet Union was intent on expansion. Unless the United States stopped them, they wouldn’t be content until they had obtained worldwide domination. Leads to doctrine of Containment- stopping the spread of Communism worldwide
The Truman Doctrine “It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures”
The Marshall Plan Plan to provide $ to rebuild Europe $ to all nations that refused Communists Eminently successful
US Efforts to fight Communism
Truman Doctrine
US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan
US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act
US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act Voice of America
US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act Voice of America North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The Red Scare (again!)
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Alger Hiss
Senator Joe McCarthy
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
General Douglas MacArthur
Cold War Historiography
Early History: Soviet Union at fault
Cold War Historiography Early History: Soviet Union at fault Revisionist History: 1960s- United States at fault; Soviet Union only acting defensively.
Cold War Historiography Early History: Soviet Union at fault Revisionist History: 1960s- United States at fault; Soviet Union only acting defensively. Post-Revisionist History: 1970s- United States and Soviet Union about equally culpable.