1. Cold War in Europe: Midterm Review Origins of Cold War: Impact of WWII (political, cultural, economic, and military realities); Reasons for East/West split (ideological differences, competing needs and wants in post-war Europe). Formative events: Crises in Turkey and Iran, Greek Civil War, 1946-1949. Reasons for escalation of US involvement: Decline of Britain’s role in European affairs, Truman Doctrine (brief definition), Marshall Plan (What was it supposed to do?). Policy of Containment: What was it and how did it work?

2. Review, cont. Early features/causes of Cold War divisions: Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 Formation of Communist regimes (People’s democracies) in East-Central European countries: Two case studies. Economic cooperation among European countries on both sides of “iron curtain” (Marshall aid, ECSC, etc., Comecon)

3. Review, cont. Stalinization of East-Central Europe: examples of this process (show trials, regime change features, etc..) Democratic Europe? Exceptions to pattern of capitalism vs. communism (Yugoslavia, Spain, Portugal, Greece) Impact of globalization of Cold War: Korean War, De-colonization of Southeast Asia, India, Africa and Middle-East (e.g., Suez crisis of 1956); Algerian conflict and the decline of European powers like France and Great Britain.

4. Review, cont. After Stalin: Risings in East Germany (1953), Poland, (1956) Hungary (1956). “New Course” under Khrushchev. In what ways did his leadership mark a departure from Stalin’s reign? Cultural manifestations of Cold War: (1) radio, film, (2) intellectual rivalries, () artistic and literary examples of Cold War era.

5. Review, cont. Europe for the Europeans: Third way politics in Western Europe and the development of Third way foreign affairs (e.g., France) during the 1960s.

6. “Cultural/Scientific” Cold War Forms of cultural rivalry: Identify and then explain how various forms of cultural expression reflected the ideological divide of the Cold War. (Examples drawn from radio, art, music, sports, performance arts, etc.)