1. CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR 4 Main Reasons

2. MUTUAL DISTRUST 1.Stalin was paranoid –1920s –1930s –WWII –Late 1940s

3. MUTUAL DISTRUST 2.World War II –1940-June ’44 –Second Front? (Hello, anybody hear me?)

4. MUTUAL DISTRUST 3.Eastern Europe –Yalta –Free Elections?? –Buffer Zone Poland

5. MUTUAL DISTRUST 4. Truman –Hard Line –“Get-Tough” Policy Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan NATO –Containment

6. TWO IDEOLOGIES The U.S. Democracy Free Elections Capitalism Private Property The USSR Communist dictatorship No Elections Overthrow Capitalism No private property

7. TWO IDEOLOGIES West Berlin

8. TWO IDEOLOGIES West Berlin

9. TWO IDEOLOGIES East Berlin

10. TWO IDEOLOGIES Berlin Blockade

11. ARMS RACE Nuclear Age

12. THIRD WORLD COMPETITION CHINA Cuba Vietnam