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The Origins of the Cold War • • • • • • • Yalta and the end of WW II Germany and Berlin Crisis Containment and the Truman Doctrine NATO and the Marshall Plan Red Scare at Home The Cold War heats up- Korea Cold War Historiography Origins of the Cold War • Yalta Origins of the Cold War • Yalta • Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe Origins of the Cold War • Yalta • Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe • Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe Origins of the Cold War • • • • Yalta Secret Protocol in Eastern Europe Delay in opening a 2nd front in Europe Secrecy surrounding the Bomb Germany 1948 Berlin -1948 George Kennan and the “Long Telegram • Argued that the Soviet Union was intent on expansion. • Unless the United States stopped them, they wouldn’t be content until they had obtained worldwide domination. • Leads to doctrine of Containment- stopping the spread of Communism worldwide The Truman Doctrine • “It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures” The Marshall Plan • Plan to provide $ to rebuild Europe • $ to all nations that refused Communists • Eminently successful US Efforts to fight Communism US Efforts to fight Communism • Truman Doctrine US Efforts to fight Communism • Truman Doctrine • Marshall Plan US Efforts to fight Communism • Truman Doctrine • Marshall Plan • National Security Act US Efforts to fight Communism • • • • Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act Voice of America US Efforts to fight Communism • • • • • Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan National Security Act Voice of America North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) The Red Scare (again!) The Red Scare (again!) • House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) Alger Hiss Senator Joe McCarthy Ethel and Julius Rosenberg General Douglas MacArthur Cold War Historiography Cold War Historiography • Early History: Soviet Union at fault Cold War Historiography • Early History: Soviet Union at fault • Revisionist History: 1960s- United States at fault; Soviet Union only acting defensively. Cold War Historiography • Early History: Soviet Union at fault • Revisionist History: 1960s- United States at fault; Soviet Union only acting defensively. • Post-Revisionist History: 1970s- United States and Soviet Union about equally culpable.
