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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
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Origins of the Cold War Yalta
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Origins of the Cold War Yalta Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe
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Origins of the Cold War Yalta Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe
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Origins of the Cold War Yalta Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe Secrecy surrounding the Bomb
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Germany 1948
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Berlin -1948
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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
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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”
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The Marshall Plan Plan to provide $ to rebuild Europe $ to all nations that refused Communists Eminently successful
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US Efforts to fight Communism
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Truman Doctrine
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US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan
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US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act
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US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act Voice of America
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US Efforts to fight Communism Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act Voice of America North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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The Red Scare (again!)
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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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Alger Hiss
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Senator Joe McCarthy
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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General Douglas MacArthur
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Cold War Historiography
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Early History: Soviet Union at fault
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Cold War Historiography Early History: Soviet Union at fault Revisionist History: 1960s- United States at fault; Soviet Union only acting defensively.
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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.
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