Download Livin` On the Edge: Brinkmanship and Continuing

Tensions between the US and Soviet
Union
I. Brinkmanship
A.The Belief that the United States could stop
the spread of communism by promising to
use all of its force including nuclear
weapons against any aggressor nation.
B. President Truman decided to develop the
hydrogen bomb which was 67 more times
powerful then the A-Bomb.
II. Warsaw Pact
A.W. Germany was allowed to rearm and join
NATO.
B. The Soviets felt threatened and formed their own
military alliance with 7 other E. European
countries known as the Warsaw Pact
III. Eisenhower Doctrine
A. The Soviet Union supported Egypt
which gained them respect in the
Middle East.
B. In response President Eisenhower
issued a warning stating that the
United States would defend the
Middle East against an attack by any
communist country
IV. Cold War in the Skies
A. Space Race- 1957: Soviets launch
Sputnik, the first satellite
B. 1958: U.S. launches their first satellite
C.U-2 incident: U.S. U-2 spy plane shot down
over Soviet Union
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Creates more tension between the two
countries