Cold WarHot War Sources of Cold War Tension

Cold War/Hot War

Sources of Cold War Tension � Delay of the second front � Atomic Bomb � Post-war Germany

Cold War: Arms Race & Space Race �Soviets and the Atom bomb �Sputnik, 1957 �Science Fiction

Containment: Political �NSC-68, George Kennan February 1946 �“Iron Curtain”, Winston Churchill March 1946 �Truman Doctrine March 1947

Containment: Economic �Marshall Plan, 1948 -1952 �Bretton Woods, 1944 IMF World Bank Dollar Convertibility

Containment: Military � Berlin Blockade 1948 - 1949 � North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1949

Hot War: China �Civil War, 1945 �Why China? �Jiang Jieshi �Mao Zedong �Truman “lost” China

Hot War: Korea � 38 th Parallel �North Korean invasion of South, June 1950 �Presidential declaration of war �General Mac Arthur �Soviets propose cease fire, June 1951 �War ceases, 1953

Hot War: Iran �Mohammad Mossadegh, 1953 �Nationalization of oil �CIA involvement �Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi �Blowback

Hot War: Guatemala � Jacobo Arbenz, 1950 � Land reform � Looks like a “duck” � United Fruit Company (UFCO) � CIA supported coup � Carlos Castillo Armas

Hot War: Cuba �Fulgencio Batista �Fidel Castro, 1959 �Bay of Pigs, 1961 �CIA sponsored assassination plots

Hot War: Chile �Salvador Allende, 1970 �CIA orchestrated political opposition �Coup of 1973 �Augosto Pinochet

Cold War/Hot War �Key terms: Sputnik, NSC-68, George Kennan, Iron Curtain, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Bretton Woods, NATO, Berlin Blockade, Mao Zedong, Mohammed Mossadegh, Jacobo Arbenz, Bay of Pigs, Salvador Allende