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The Cold War

The Cold War. 1945-1970s. Objective. To understand postwar international order To understand the causes of the Cold War To understand the nature of the Cold War. Causes of the Cold War. The end of World War II Soviet troops occupied Eastern Europe Division of Germany Yalta Conference

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The Cold War

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  1. The Cold War 1945-1970s

  2. Objective • To understand postwar international order • To understand the causes of the Cold War • To understand the nature of the Cold War

  3. Causes of the Cold War • The end of World War II • Soviet troops occupied Eastern Europe • Division of Germany • Yalta Conference • Change in balance of power

  4. Causes of the Cold War • Soviet motivations • US involvement • Who is right?

  5. The Cold War • The Truman Doctrine (1947) • European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan, 1947)

  6. The Cold War • Status of Germany • Permanent Division • Berlin Airlift (1948) • Berlin Wall (1961)

  7. The Berlin Airlift

  8. The Cold War • Soviet domination of Eastern Europe • Soviets explode first atom bomb, 1949 • Rise of puppet states • Yugoslavia

  9. First Soviet Atom Bomb1949

  10. The Cold War • Changes in Soviet leadership • Stalin dies 1953 • Nikita Khrushchev 1956-1964 • Leonid Brezhnev 1964-1982 • Gorbachev 1985-1991

  11. Nikita Khruschev

  12. Mikhail Gorbachev

  13. The Cold War • Threat of nuclear warfare • Atomic bombs end World War II • Change in warfare • Soviet Union explodes first atom bomb in 1949 • Nuclear arms race

  14. US Defense Spending 1941-61

  15. The Cold War • The Cold War expands beyond Europe • China (1949) • Korean War (1950-53) • Cuba • Vietnam War

  16. Mao Zedong

  17. Korean War

  18. Vietnam War

  19. Ho Chi Minh

  20. Vietnam War

  21. The Cold War • Decolonization • Decline of European powers • The “Third World” • Decolonization and the Cold War

  22. The Cold War • Middle East • State of Israel created in 1948 • Middle East and the Cold War • Role of Oil

  23. The Cold War • European Integration (1951-Present) • Lessons from World War II • European Coal and Steel Community • Treaty of Rome

  24. Franco-German Cooperation

  25. The Cold War • Changes in Western society • Material prosperity • Secular Society • Globalization

  26. The Cold War • Challenge to Soviet domination • Hungary (1956) • Czechoslovakia (1968) • Brezhnev Doctrine

  27. Prague Spring1968

  28. Détente • Decreased tensions between US and Soviet Union • Nuclear arms agreements • US and China

  29. Détente

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