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1 The Early Cold War

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3 Containment Policy – George Kennan

4 Truman Doctrine Pledged the U.S. to fight the spread of communism worldwide

5 Marshall Plan Billions of $$$ to rebuild war torn Europe and supply them with food and machinery

6 A Divided Germany; A Divided Berlin

7 Berlin Blockade Soviets cut off access to West Berlin…

8 Berlin Airlift

9 NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949
To protect Western Europe from a Soviet attack

10 Warsaw Pact 1955 Soviet led mutual defense agreement to counter Nato

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12 “Iron Curtain” Winston Churchill

13 SEATO

14 Mao Zedong China

15 Second Red Scare

16 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

17 Alger Hiss

18 McCarthyism Sen. Joe McCarthy (R) – WI
House Un-American Activities Committee Accused State Dept., Hollywood, Army….

19 “The Forgotten War?”

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22 War turns into a stalemate.. Trench warfare
Truman and MacArthur argue… Truman fires MacArthur … “Old soldiers never die – they just fade away”

23 July 1953 an armistice is signed establishing a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at the 38th parallel.
3 yrs of fighting – 3 million killed (including 37,000+ Americans)– ???

24 DMZ-

25 Brinkmanship

26 Arms Race

27 MAD – Mutually Assured Destruction

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32 “Car Culture”

33 Suburbia – “White Flight”

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