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The Cold War
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Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948)
• The Yalta Conference and Soviet control of Eastern Europe
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Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948)
• Rivalry between the United States and the U.S.S.R.
• Democracy and the free enterprise system vs. dictatorship and communism
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Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948)
• President Truman and the Policy of Containment
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Beginning of the Cold War (1945-1948)
• Eastern Europe– Soviet satellite nations
– The Iron Curtain
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Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vs. the Warsaw Pact
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Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989)
• Korean Conflict
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Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989)
• Vietnam War
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Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989)
• Berlin and significance of Berlin Wall
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Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989)
• Cuban Missile Crisis
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Characteristics of the Cold War (1948-1989)
• Nuclear weapons and the theory of deterrence
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Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1989- )
• Soviet economic collapse
• Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries
• Tearing down of Berlin Wall
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Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1989- )
• Breakup of USSR• Expansion of NATO
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Containment
• Policy for preventing the expansion of communism
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Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in China
• Division of China into two nations at the end of the Chinese civil war
• Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)- Nationalist China (island of Taiwan)
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Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in China
• Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong)- Communist China (mainland China)
• Continuing conflict between the two Chinas
• Communist China’s participation in Korean Conflict
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Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam
• Role of French imperialism
• Leadership of Ho Chi Minh
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Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam
• Vietnam as a divided nation
• Influence of policy of containment
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Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam
• The United States and the Vietnam War– Political cartoon
• by John FrithThe Herald, June 1968from the National Library of Australia
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Conflicts and Revolutionary Movements in Vietnam
• Vietnam as a reunited communist country today