 starter activity By the 1970s the US and the USSR each had enough nuclear weapons to blow the world up several times over. Can you explain this cartoonist’s joke?

Characteristics of Cold War Suspicions between capitalists & communists Propaganda Espionage Nuclear arms race Space race

Why did the wartime alliance breakdown? Background to the Cold War

Steps to the political, economic and military division of Europe

The Breakdown of the Grand Alliance STEP 1: The Wartime Conferences Note the changes of personnel TEHRAN YALTA (Churchill ) (Roosevelt) POTSDAM (Truman) (Atlee) What was agreed at each?

STEP 2 Kennan’s Long Telegram- 1946 Soviet view of the world was one of insecurity Soviet path was one of Stalinism rather than Marxism Cruelty and repression of the Soviet system

Step 3- The Iron Curtain Speech

Step 4- The Truman Doctrine

Step 5- The Marshall Plan

Step 6- Red Army Occupation of Europe 45-47

Step 7 Czechoslovakian Coup

Step 8- The Berlin Crisis of 1948

Who was responsible for the Cold War?

Orthodox View- ‘Soviets to blame’ Revisionist View – US ‘Dollar Diplomacy’ Post Revisionist View- Misperceptions on both sides- ‘action and reaction’ –both sides ‘improvising’ Soviet View Balance of Power v Ideology

Key events 1945, Yalta & Potsdam conferences Berlin Wall – last days 1945, Yalta & Potsdam conferences Soviet expansion in E. Europe 1946, Iron Curtain 1947, Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan 1949, NATO 1955, Warsaw Pact 1961, Berlin Wall 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis