1. The Cold War Abroad
US Foreign Policy:

2. Truman

3. President Truman Yalta (FDR was still President)
Containment Policy by George Kennan
National Security Act 1947
NSC-68
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Chinese Revolution
Early Cold War Actions
Berlin Blockade & Airlift
USSR Atomic Bomb
NATO
Korean War

4. The Arms Race
Once the Soviet Union successfully tested the atomic bomb, the arms race was on.
MAD (mutually assured destruction) was designed to keep both sides from "pushing the button," by giving both sides equality in "kill power."

5. Nuclear Proliferation
Following the United States, other countries followed suit in acquiring nuclear weapons
Soviet Union (1949)
Great Britain (1952)))
France (1960)
China (1964)
India (1974)
Pakistan (1998)
Israel (1967?)
North Korea (?)
Nuclear Explosions

6. Eisenhower

7. President Eisenhower Korean War ended Guatemala Coup 1954
Hungarian Uprising 1956
Suez Canal Crisis
Eisenhower Doctrine
Middle Eastern countries could request American economic assistance or aid from US forces if they were being threatened by armed aggression.
U-2 Incident
“Brinksmanship”
1st Involvement in Vietnam
Military Industrial Complex

8. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty” - John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
“Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country” - John F. Kennedy

9. President Kennedy “Flexible Response” Bay of Pigs Berlin Wall
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Prohibited testing in outer space, in the atmosphere, and underwater
Vietnam Involvement
Space Race

10. Johnson

11. President Johnson “Domino Theory” Escalation of the Vietnam War
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
My Lai Massacre, 1968
Tet Offensive, 1968
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1964) –
Nations agreed not to develop nuclear weapons
Indonesia, 1965

12. Nixon

13. President Nixon “Detente” & “realpolitik” Nixon Doctrine SALT I
The US would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends”...(but would not) “undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world.”
Vietnamization
SALT I
Nixon visited China
War Powers Resolution, 1973
1973 Chilean Coup of Salvadore Allende - replaced with Pinochet
Cambodia - led to rise of Pol Pot

15. Ford

16. President Ford Policy of detente continues Fall of Saigon
South Vietnam fell to Communist forces
Helsinki Accords

17. Carter

18. President Carter Human Rights Policy announced SALT II
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
1980 Olympic Boycott
Carter Doctrine
United States would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf.
Energy Crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979
Panama Canal
Camp David Accords