THE COLD WAR ENTERS EAST ASIA

CHAPTER 18 SECTION 1 REVIEW NATO (North Atlantic Treaty

Organization)- a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the US and Canada

Truman Doctrine- U.S. policy of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents

Marshall Plan- U.S. program to supply economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII

THE COLD WAR ENTERS EAST ASIA End of WWII Chinese Civil War

U.S. sends $2 Billion in Aid 1949-Communism People’s Republic of China

After the Fall USSR 1949- First atomic weapon PRC + USSR= treaty of friendship and alliance

More Communist Revolutions? JAPAN!

THE KOREAN WAR After WWII

USA= South (*38th parallel)Soviets= North- built large well

equipped armyCold War-no reunification

UN IntervenesCommunist invasion of South Korea= test of containment policy

CONTINUED.. American troops Japan Korea

Yalu River China Enters the War

China= Frustrated General MacArthur= Frustrated

Wants blockade, atomic weapons Hero’s welcome!? Limited war Containment

CHANGES IN POLICYArmistice 1953

33,600 American soldiers diedTurning point? Containment (until 1950) political

pressure/economic aid Containment (after 1950) major military

buildup