1. Origins of the Cold War

2. Cold War? Dominant global issue 1945-1991 Rivalry between superpowers
United States (Capitalist)
Soviet Union (Communist)
Conflict between allies
Threat of nuclear holocaust

3. Capitalism vs. Communism

4. U.S. – Soviet Relations (pre-1945)
Generally poor save for alliance in WWII
Convenience, not trust
Stalin felt Allies allowed USSR to take brunt of punishment
Yalta and Potsdam
Bolsheviks and Communism seen as threat
Red Scare in 1920s
Recognition by Roosevelt

5. U.S. – Soviet Relations (pre-1945)
United Nations
General assembly and Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
Rebuild
Soviets decline (capitalism
Nuremburg trials

6. U.S. – Soviet Relations (pre-1945)
Satellites in East Europe
USSR occupies many central and eastern European countries
Hold/Manipulate Elections
Communism in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia

7. U.S. – Soviet Relations (pre-1945)
Germany
Occupation zones turn into two countries
Soviets want weak Germany
US and GB want economic recovery
Berlin
Iron Curtain
Spy ring stealing atomic secrets and occupation of northern Iran
Churchill declares “An iron curtain has descended across the continent”
Containment policy