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1 COLD WAR COLD WAR US vs. USSR US vs. USSR

2 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

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

4 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

5 …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

6 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

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

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

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