1. Warm Up
Define:
Ideology
Iron Curtain
Containment
Espionage
Arms Race

2. The Cold War [1945-1991]: An Ideological Struggle
Soviet & Eastern Bloc Nations [“Iron Curtain”]
US & the Western Democracies
GOAL  “Containment” of Communism & the eventual collapse of the Communist world. [George Kennan]
GOAL  spread world-wide Communism
METHODOLOGIES:
Espionage [KGB vs. CIA]
Arms Race [nuclear escalation]
Ideological Competition for the minds and hearts of Third World peoples [Communist govt. & command economy vs. democratic govt. & capitalist economy]  “proxy wars”
Bi-Polarization of Europe [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact]

3. The Division of Berlin

4. Future Solution: Berlin Wall

5. George Kennan [“X Article”]: CONTAINMENT Goals Means Actual Application
Restoration of the balance of power
Encouragement of self-confidence in nations threatened by Soviet expansion.
Long-term program of U.S. economic assistance [Marshall Plan]
2. Modification of the Soviet concept of international relations.
Using “carrots & sticks’; containing Germany with an embrace and Russia at arms length.
Negotiating settlement of outstanding differences.

6. National Defense Budget [1940-1964]

7. Ideological Competition
What does this mean?
Brainwashing to a certain extent.
Massive support for patriotism, nationalism and typical “American activities”.

8. Origins of the Korean War Civil War In Korea
June 1950, civil war erupts in Korea.
Northern Korea overrun by Communist forces stationed in China.
Begins to threaten the more populace southern Korea.
Kim Il Sung 8

9. Korean War [ ]

10. Video-Newsreel

11. MacArthur & Truman Clash Armistice
Stalemate just north of the 38th parallel.
Peace talks begin at Panmunjon in July 1951.
Originally proposed by the Soviet Union who did not want to see its rival China gain more power in Asia or the United States to have a win.
Peace Talks At Panmunjon 11

12. MacArthur & Truman Clash Results For The United States
Korea stays divided into the 21st century.
Both sides would brutally suppress political opposition at home.
Rigid control over the lives and liberties of the people in both the North and South.
Actual loss for true democratic principles.
The 38th Parallel 12

13. Korean War PS Analysis
Read the following documents and answer the corresponding questions.
Due at the end of class.