Asian American Pacific Islander Month DDSD 2024.pptx
Meeting 25: The Cold War, 1945-1962
1. HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION:
1648 TO PRESENT
THE COLD WAR (1948-1962)
2. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
A.
A World War
B.
The Cold War in Europe
1.
Roots of Mistrust
2.
Consequences of Mistrust
3.
Conferences
a.
Tehran (Nov. 1943)
b.
Yalta (Feb. 1944)
c.
Bretton-Woods Agreement (July 1944)
4. UN, IMF, World Bank
3. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
A.
A World War
B.
The Cold War in Europe
1.
Roots of Mistrust
2.
Consequences of Mistrust
3.
Conferences
4.
UN, IMF, World Bank
5.
Fracture of the Alliance
a.
Yugoslavia and Tito
b.
Greek Civil War (1946-9)
4. Winston Churchill, “Iron Curtain Speech” at Westminster College, in
Fulton, Missouri (March 5, 1946)
“It is my duty, however, to place before you certain facts about the
present position in Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the
Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind
that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern
Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade,
Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations
around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere . . . . In a great
number of countries, far from the Russian frontiers and throughout the
world, Communist fifth columns are established and work in complete
unity and absolute obedience to the directions they receive from the
Communist center . . . . If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the
United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength,
seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control
upon the thoughts of men, if all British moral and material forces and
convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high
roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for
our time but for a century to come.
5. Truman’s speech [Truman Doctrine] to Joint Session of Congress
(March 12, 1947)
“I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free
peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities
or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to
work out their own destinies in their own way.”
6. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
A.
A World War
B.
The Cold War in Europe
C.
Dividing the World
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO)
(1949)
Marshall Plan
a.k.a. European
Recovery Plan
(1947)
Warsaw Pact
(1955)
Council for Mutual
Economic Assistance
(COMECON)
(1949)
7. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
A.
A World War
B.
The Cold War in Europe
C.
Dividing the World
8. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
A.
A World War
B.
The Cold War in Europe
C.
Dividing the World
Howard Sochurek. Ku Klux Klan meeting shown on
Soviet TV as anti-US propaganda. Moscow, Russia.
Photograph. March 1959
Captain America #78, September 1954
9. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
A.
A World War
B.
The Cold War in Europe
C.
Dividing the World
D.
A Nuclear Age
1.
Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile
(ICBM)
2.
Mutual Assured
Destruction (MAD)
10. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
II.
The Politics of Cold War Europe
A.
Stalin’s Legacy
B.
Nikita Kruschev (1894-1971)
1.
Détente
2.
Secret Speech, February 25, 1956
11. Stalin . . . used extreme methods and mass repressions at a time when
the revolution was already victorious, when the Soviet state was
strengthened, when the exploiting classes were already liquidated, and
Socialist relations were rooted solidly in all phases of national economy,
when our party was politically consolidated and had strengthened itself
both numerically and ideologically. It is clear that here Stalin showed in a
whole series of cases his intolerance, his brutality, and his abuse of
power. Instead of proving his political correctness and mobilizing the
masses, he often chose the path of repression and physical annihilation,
not only against actual enemies, but also against individuals who had not
committed any crimes against the party and the Soviet Government. Here
we see no wisdom but only a demonstration of the brutal force which had
once so alarmed V.I Lenin. . . .”
Nikita Krushchev
12. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
II.
The Politics of Cold War Europe
A.
Stalin’s Legacy
B.
Nikita Kruschev (1894-1971)
1.
Détente
2.
Secret Speech, February 25, 1956
3.
Why did he do this?
13. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
II.
The Politics of Cold War Europe
A.
Stalin’s Legacy
B.
Nikita Kruschev (1894-1971)
C.
Hungary, 1956
1.
Imre Nagy (1896-1956)
Imre Nagy
17. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
II.
The Politics of Cold War Europe
A.
Stalin’s Legacy
B.
Nikita Kruschev (1894-1971)
C.
Hungary, 1956
1.
Imre Nagy (1896-1956)
2.
János Kádár (1912-1989)
János Kádár
18. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
II.
The Politics of Cold War Europe
A.
Stalin’s Legacy
B.
Nikita Kruschev (1894-1971)
C.
Hungary, 1956
D.
Collapse of Detente
1.
Cuban Revolution (26 July 1953 to 1 January 1959)
2.
U2 Incident (1 May 1960)
3.
Bay of Pigs (15-20 April 1961)
4.
Cuban Missile Crisis (18-29 October 1962)
19. I.
World War II, the Colonies, and the Origins of the Cold War
II.
The Politics of Cold War Europe
A.
Stalin’s Legacy
B.
Nikita Kruschev (1894-1971)
C.
Hungary, 1956
D.
Collapse of Detente
E.
The Space Race and Nuclear
Proliferation
1.
Sputnik (1957)
2.
Yuriy Gagarin
(1961)
Popular Mechanics 112, no. 2 (August
1959).
