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The Cold War: The Cold War: By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Edited By: Mr. Michael Leonard Aliquippa High School Aliquippa, PA
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Part I: “Reconstruction & Confrontation” Part I: “Reconstruction & Confrontation”
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The Ideological Struggle Soviet & Eastern Bloc Nations [“Iron Curtain”] US & the Western Democracies GOAL spread world- wide Communism GOAL “Containment” of Communism & the eventual collapse of the Communist world. [George Kennan] METHODOLOGIES: Espionage [KGB vs. CIA] Arms Race [nuclear escalation] Ideological Competition for the minds and hearts of Third World peoples [Communist govt. & command economy vs. democratic govt. & capitalist economy] “proxy wars” Bi-Polarization of Europe [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact]
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Yalta Feb 1945 Big Three –FDR –Churchill –Stalin Agreement to govern Germany jointly –Allied Control Council
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Post-War Germany
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Post-War Berlin
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