1. The Cold War Once Again – the Propaganda of fear. This time, an old enemy and former ally is now the new enemy – From Uncle Joe to the Dirty Rotten Commies!

2. Lead up to Cold war ► distrust between Soviets and US (even though they were allies during WWII); both Soviet Union and US want to decide what the world will be like after the war (Communist and Authoritarian vs. Capitalist and “Democratic”); the future of Germany and specifically Berlin would demonstrate the lack of trust between the old allies

3. Lead Up, Continued ► The Gouzenko Affair ► Right after the war was over (Sept 5, 1945) a Russian cipher clerk (a person who coded and decoded messages) went to the RCMP with information that the Russians were spying on Canada and the US ► See him interviewed Click HERE Click HEREClick HERE ► http://www.cbc.ca/player/Digital+Archives/War+a nd+Conflict/Cold+War/ID/1790835205/

4. Winston Churchill Speaks Out March 5, 1946 ► From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an “iron curtain” has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.

5. Cold War Defined ► The Cold War was a power struggle and competition between the U.S.A and its allies, against the U.S.S.R and its allies. ► Some features of the Cold War…

6. Economic Competition: ► communism vs. capitalism (which is the better way of life?) ► Communism – central planning, wage and price control, ownership of all resources and industries by the state ► Capitalism - free enterprise, private ownership, the profit motive, ownership of resources and industries by private individuals

7. Military Competition ► The U.S.S.R figured out how to created nuclear weapons by 1949. “Arms race”— both the U.S.A and the U.S.S.R worked to stockpile nuclear weapons. “Guns before butter,’” said Stalin!

8. Military Technology: Arms Race

9. Cold War Features, con’t. ► Espionage: Spying on one another for secrets. ► Propaganda: Fear of Soviets created in North America (the Red Menace) ► War by Proxy: Involvement/encouragement in wars where the U.S.A backed one side and the U.S.S.R backed the other.

10. Sports! Faster! Higher! Stronger

11. Technological competition: the race for space

12. NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization ► The “western” allies from WWII led the creation of this alliance ► Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States (with Greece, Turkey and the Federal Republic of Germany joining afterward in 1952) agreed to consider an armed attack against any one of them as an attack against all

13. The Warsaw Pact ► Later, in 1956, the Soviet Union Organized its own alliance – used almost exactly the same wording as was used in NATO – a defensive alliance

15. The March of Technology! The H-Bomb: More Boom for Your Buck! (1952- USA) The Atom Bomb (fission) The Hydrogen Bomb (fusion) ► Yield10 kiloton10 megaton (smallish) (1000 times as powerful) ► Fireball300 m.4.8 km. ► Total Destruction radius 1.6 km.17.7 km. ► Flash burns(2nd degree burns) 2.4 km.32 km.

16. The Defense of North America ► Canada and the USA signed the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Treaty ► The two countries would cooperate to detect and intercept Soviet air craft

17. Early Warning Systems

18. Quid Pro Quo ► Canada is strategically located! ► Soviet bombers could be stopped and shot down over Canada (nice if you’re American) ► Canadians would get the protection of the world’s largest military power

19. There WERE those who thought the whole thing was madness!

20. AND THEN! ► Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union on Oct 4, 1957 – the first artificial satellite ► Many said the significance was really the reality of the rocket – if your could throw a satellite into space, you could also throw a weapon at your enemy!

21. Pizza Pizza Warfare! 40 minutes or its FREE!

22. So many ways to say Goodbye! Land (silo) basedSubmarine based (ICBMs)(SLBMs)

23. Later – MIRVed ICBMs: Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle One Missile, Many Warheads!

24. Both sides built more and more warheads and more and more missiles ► By 1980: The USA had more 9000 warheads! The USSR had more than 6000!

25. How did it affect our Security? Security? Insecurity?

26. M.A.D. ► Mutually Assured Destruction (deterrence) The idea was to have so many weapons in such a state of readiness that neither side would dare to launch a surprise attack (a first strike). Any conflict was sure to end in the utter annihilation of both sides. No rational person could start such a war, it was hoped.