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Cold War in Europe: Midterm Review

Explore the origins, impacts, and key events of the Cold War in Europe, including the reasons for the East/West split, US involvement, policy of containment, cultural manifestations, and post-Stalin developments. Analyze the significance of key events like the Korean War, Stalinization, McCarthyism, and the Space Race.

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Cold War in Europe: Midterm Review

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  1. Cold War in Europe: Midterm Review • Origins of Cold War: Impact of WWII (political, cultural, economic, and military realities); Reasons for East/West split (ideological differences, competing needs and wants in post-war Europe). • Formative events: Crises in Turkey and Iran, Greek Civil War, 1946-1949.

  2. Cold War review, cont. • Reasons for escalation of US involvement: Decline of Britain’s role in European affairs, Truman Doctrine (brief definition), Marshall Plan (What was it supposed to do?). • Policy of Containment: What was it and how did it work?

  3. Review, cont. • Early features/causes of Cold War divisions: Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 • Korean War (1950-1953) and its impact on Cold War policies (e.g. Containment doctrine.) • Economic cooperation among European countries on both sides of “iron curtain” (Marshall aid, ECSC, etc., Comecon)

  4. Cold War review, cont. • What was McCarthyism? What prompted this form of anti-communist response? • How did the Rosenberg trial illustrate the fears and insecurities generated by the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s?

  5. Review, cont. • Stalinization of East-Central Europe: examples of this process (show trials, regime change features, etc..) • Democratic Europe? Exceptions to pattern of capitalism vs. communism (Yugoslavia, Spain, Portugal, Greece) • Impact of globalization of Cold War: Korean War, De-colonization of Southeast Asia, India, Africa and Middle-East (e.g., Suez crisis of 1956); Algerian conflict and the decline of European powers like France and Great Britain.

  6. Review, cont. • After Stalin: Risings in East Germany (1953), Poland, (1956) Hungary (1956). • “New Course” under Khrushchev. In what ways did his leadership mark a departure from Stalin’s reign? • Cultural manifestations of Cold War: (1) radio, film, (2) intellectual rivalries, () artistic and literary examples of Cold War era.

  7. “Cultural/Scientific” Cold War • Forms of cultural rivalry: Identify and then explain how various forms of cultural expression reflected the ideological divide of the Cold War. (Examples drawn from radio, art, music, sports, performance arts, etc.) • Why was the “Space Race” more than just about scientific achievements?

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