The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm

1. The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm LTC Oakland McCulloch

2. Outline • Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1947 • Global Realignment, 1947-1953 • Escalation and Crisis, 1953-1962 • De-escalation, Vietnam and the Brezhnev Doctrine, 1962-1969 • Thaw and Détente, 1969-1979 • Second Cold War, 1979-1985 • End of the Cold War, 1985-1991

3. The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm Spands 9 Presidents / 12 Administrations 7 Soviet Premiers

4. Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1947 • Distrust between the US and USSR at the end of WW II • No love loss before WW II • Yalta Conference • Espionage activity • Communism vs. Democracy • State Controlled Economy vs. Capitalism • Disagreement on International Control of Nuclear Energy The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm • The Cold War • Protracted geopolitical, ideological and economic struggle • Emerged after World War II • Between the US and its allies and the USSR and its allies

5. The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm • Soviet Union detonates first atomic bomb • Formation of NATO & Warsaw Pact • Division of Germany • Global Realignment, 1947-1953 • Truman Doctrine • Marshall Plan • Berlin Blockade & Airlift

6. The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm • Escalation and Crisis, 1953-1962 • the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 • the Sino-Soviet split in 1960 • the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 • the Bay of Pigs in 1961 • the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 • De-escalation, Vietnam & Brezhnev Doctrine • 1962-1969 • installation of the “Hotline” in 1963 • Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963 • The Vietnam War in 1964 • The political liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 • The Brezhnev Doctrine

7. The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm • Thaw and Détente, 1969-1979 • the Détente period of the Cold War was marked by • mediation and relative peace • Treaty of Warsaw (between Poland & West Germany) • Four-Power Agreement on Berlin (US, UK, France & USSR) • Basic Treaty of 1972 (between East & West Germany)

8. The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm • Second Cold War, 1979-1985 • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan • Soviet deployment of SS-20 medium range nuclear missiles • NATO deployment of 500 cruise & Pershing II missiles • Election of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

9. 24 new Countries were formed with the end of the Soviet Union The Cold War From WW II through Desert Shield / Storm • The End of the Cold War, 1985-1991 • Rise of Mikhail Gorbachev as leader of USSR, 1985 • Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (economic • restructuring) • Chernobyl Accident, 1986 • Peaceful Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe • Fall of the Berlin War, 1989 • Desert Shield / Desert Storm 1990-1991 • Soviet coup attempt and collapse of the Soviet Union, 1991

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