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The Cold War, 1945-1991

The Cold War, 1945-1991. The political, military and cultural rivalry between the U.S. and the S.U. which stopped short of outright war.

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The Cold War, 1945-1991

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  1. The Cold War, 1945-1991 • The political, military and cultural rivalry between the U.S. and the S.U. which stopped short of outright war.

  2. Old money flooded into the Soviet Zone. Some restrictions were placed on links between Berlin and western zones, but the Soviet side was ready to supply food to all Berlin.   • Yet every day 380 American planes flew into Berlin. It was simply a propaganda move intended to make the cold war worse. • From a Russian history book.  

  3. The Korean War 1950-1953 • U.N. “police action” led by U.S. army after communist forces crossed the 38th parallel.

  4. The Space Race • Sputnik I in 1957 • Yuri Gargarin, first man to orbit the earth in 1961.

  5. French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, • French withdrawal in Indo-China left a political vacuum the U.S. government believed had to be filled by pro-western forces.

  6. Alexander Dubcek begins “liberalization” program by ending censorship and seeking trade with the West. • Known as “The Prague Spring”

  7. The Brezhnev Doctrine • Leonid Brezhnev : “Whenever a Communist country endangered socialism at home or in other Communist countries, the Soviet Union had the duty to intervene with military force…”

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