1. BIRTH OF THE COLD WAR ERA

2.  U.S. and western Europe vs. The Soviet Union  Ideological and strategic influence around the world  Primarily fought in emerging Third World nations  Both are nuclear powers BRIEF SUMMARY

3.  Conflicting political and economic views  Differing goals post-WWII  Bipolarity: World’s two superpowers can only threaten each other WHY THE COLD WAR?

4.  Global capitalism  Communism blocks freedom  “totalitarian regimes” vs. “free peoples”  Intervention worldwide is needed AMERICAN IDEOLOGY IN THE COLD WAR ERA

5. AMERICAN PROPAGAND A

7.  Marxism - Leninism  Spread Communism  “capitalist encirclement”  U.S. is attempting to achieve “global dominance”  Industrialization through centralized economy and collectivization SOVIET IDEOLOGY DURING THE COLD WAR

8. SOVIET PROPAGANDA

9. THE UNITED NATIONS

10.  “To maintain international peace and security”  “To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self- determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace” Source: http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter1.shtml UN’S MISSION

11.  U.S., the Soviet Union, China, France and Britain as members of the UN Security Council  Maintain peace, assess threats to peace, vote for actions  U.S. and Soviet Union block each other's actions  U.N. is the first casualty of the cold war AN INEFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION