HonorsUSHistoryUnit10.1–ColdWarAbroad

ColdWarBegins

LegacyofWorldWarIIonAmericanForeignPolicy

•  U.S.virtuallyunscathedfromwardestrucDon

•  ImperialistpowersandAxisbelligerentsweakened– DecolonizaDon

•  Superpowers– UnitedStatesandSovietUnion

UnderstandingtheColdWar}  SuperpowernaDons

aJerWWII–  SovietUnion=

communism,policestate

–  UnitedStates=capitalism,democracy

}  ColdWarmeanta“warofwords”ratherthanoutrightconflict–  However,theColdWar

includesepisodesof“hot”conflictsinvariousregionsaroundtheworld.

IronCurtain}  GermanOccupaDonZones–  DemocraDcRepublicofGermany(EastGermany)

–  FederalRepublicofGermany(WestGermany)

}  EasternEurope–  SovietUnionoccupiedEasternEurope

–  ForcedcommunistregimesonEasternEuropeans

HarryS.Truman(D)(1945-1953)Containment

}  TrumanDoctrine–  ProvideeconomicandmilitarysupportfornaDonsthreatenedbycommunism

}  MarshallPlan–  EuropeanRecoveryPlanfromtheUnitedStates

–  Rebuildwar-tornEuropetopreventspreadofCommunism

Truman&Containment(1945-1953)BerlinAirli<

}  SovietUnionestablishesblockadeofWestBerlin

}  U.S.andalliesdropfoodandfueltociDzens}  “BerlinAirLiJ”

Truman&Containment(1945-1953)ColdWarAlliances

}  NorthAtlan?cTreatyOrganiza?on(NATO)–  PermanentalliancebetweenU.S.,Canada,andWesternEurope

–  Ifonememberisa^acked,alltreatynaDonswilldefend

}  WarsawPact–  SovietUnion’sversionofNATO

–  EasternEuropeansatellitenaDons

Truman&Containment(1945-1953)KoreanConflict(1950-1953)

}  NorthKoreanInvasion(1950)–  AdvisedbySovietUnionandChina

}  TrumanandUnitedNaDonsIntervenDon–  GeneralDouglasMacArthurlaunchedsuccessfulcountera^ack

–  Repulsedto38thparallelbyChinesesupporttroops

}  Armis?ce(1953)–  38thparallel:CommunistNorthandDemocraDcSouth� Containmentworked

KoreanWar

NuclearArmsRace} Nuclearweapondevelopment– UnitedStatesdevelopsweaponswithhigheryields

}  USandSovietUnioncompeteovernuclearcapabiliDes