1. Chap 26 – Sections 2 & 4 The Cold War goes HOT

2. Key Terms / Main Ideas Explain the growing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union at the end of World War II. The LONG TELEGRAM Containment – Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift NATO / Warsaw Pact Sputnik Brinkmanship / massive retaliation Covert Ops / CIA

3. Soviet expansionist behavior Iran / Turkey / Greece 1947 USSR flexing muscle – USA responds $400MM to resist Communism Ship deployment to the “Med” Truman Doctrine “aid free peoples….from armed minorities.” The Long Telegram - Feb 1946 from US embassy in Moscow Russian insecurity/ Fear of the West Ideas of Stalin & Lenin – communists in an historic struggle against capitalism Impossible to reach long-term agreement Containment Policy - Diplomatic / Economic / Military

4. Marshall Plan – Jun’47 Sect State George C Marshall Rebuild Europe Satellite nations reject it West Germany 1948 3 western sectors merged New government & economy USSR cuts off Berlin - Jun’48 Berlin Airlift until Apr ‘49 NATO Mutual aid in case of attack Warsaw Pact China falls Oct ’49 China & USSR alliance early ’50 US encourages rapid Japanese recovery

5. Cold to HOT Jun 1950 Post WWII Korea split USSR in North / USA in South North invades South Truman Containment Policy UN intervenes Back and Forth Pusan / Inchon / Chosin MacArthur wants to expand war Truman fires MacArthur Peace talks begin Nov ’51 Armistice Jul ‘53 Still at “war” Major changes Military build-up, Asia, Indo-China

7. Eisenhower elected 1952 “Massive retaliation” Reduce military $ Nuclear capabilities Long-range B-52’s ICBM Submarines Sputnik – USSR Satellite Oct ’57 – Space Race - NASA “Brinkmanship” = who will blink first – willingness to go to the “brink” of war

8. Taiwan - 1953 China might invade Ike warns against it Suez - 1956 Egypt seizes canal Brits / French invade USSR threatens Ike warns against it Soviet influence in ME grows Covert Ops - CIA Secret aid Iran ‘53 / Guatemala ‘54 Hungary 1956 Khrushchev Rebellion crushed Ike hints at nuclear war several times

9. Ya’ll gone done it now….. Khrushchev upset at West for Hungary “We will bury capitalism….your grandchildren will live under communism” USSR want West out of Berlin – US says NO! Ike invites Khrushchev to meet in Paris – 1960 U2 – not the band – the plane – Francis Gary Powers