The Cold War, 1945-1965
Origins of the Cold War
Historians
Atmosphere of distrust and confrontation
Conceptions of international relations
Self-determination
Balance of Power
Teheran Conference, 1943
Poland
Yalta Conference, 1945
International organization
Poland
“elections”
The Collapse of Peace
President Truman
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Germany
Asia
China
Nationalists and Chiang Kai-shek
Communists and Mao Zedong
United States
Japan
Containment, 1946
George Kennan
Truman Doctrine, 1947
Marshall Plan, 1947
Military readiness, 1947-8
Selective Service System
National Security Act
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Berlin, 1948
Blockade
Airlift
Germany, 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949
Warsaw Pact, 1955
USSR and the Atomic Bomb, 1949
China, 1949
NSC-68, 1950
Interests vs. world
Budget
The Korean War
Korea & the 38th parallel
North
South
June
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
38th parallel
November
China
38th parallel, spring 1951
Truman
MacArthur, spring 1951
American views
Frustration, incompetence, sabotage
The Crusade Against Subversion
Korea
Republicans
Democrats
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 1947
“Hollywood Ten”
Alger Hiss
Widespread fears of communist infiltration
Loyalty program, 1947
McCarran Internal Security Act, 1950
USSR & the Atomic Bomb, 1949
Espionage?
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, 1953
Joseph McCarthy, 1950
State Department
Investigations of federal agencies
Evidence
Popularity
The Explosion of Science and Technology
Medical science
Jonas Salk and polio, 1954
Albert Sabin, 1960
Death rates
DDT
Science
Televisions
Computers
International Business Machines (IBM)
Cold War impact
Hydrogen bomb, 1952
Arms Race
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), 1960s
Sputnik, 1957
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1958
Soviets – Man
United States – Apollo Program, 1969
Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Cold War
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
“rollback”
“massive retaliation”
Asia
Korea
Vietnam
Dienbienphu, 1954
17th parallel
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
1956 elections
Middle East
Iran
Egypt
Latin America
Guatemala
Cuba
Fidel Castro
USSR
Nikita Khrushchev
Hungary, 1956
U-2 Incident, 1960
Eisenhower’s Exit
Cold War tensions