Assignment 1: The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy Aretha Allen Dr. John R. Cronin POL300 November 11, 2012 Assignment 1 - The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy "We must not break faith with those who are risking their lives on every continent from Afghanistan to Nicaragua to defy Soviet-supported aggression and secure rights which have been ours from birth . . . Support for freedom fighters is self-defense." --President Reagan, in the State of the Union, February…
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used the term iron curtain to refer to the barrier that divided Europe after world war two into two separate parts, East and West Europe. He gave his message to US President Harry Truman and his class mates at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. that addressed the European situation which said that the iron curtain which had been a line drawn by the Soviet Union upon the front, along with seven other countries that practiced communism, that the Soviets had taken power. After the war the Soviets refused…
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and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. ● WWII Allies wish to keep good relations & keep working together in post war era ● Yalta conference created agreements about postwar europe that pleased all ● Germany would be divided into occupation zones ● there would be free elections in the liberated countries of Eastern Europe (even though Soviet troops now controlled this territory) ● the Soviets would enter the war against Japan, which they did on August 8, 1945—just as Japan was about to surrender…
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1. Iron curtain- Term was first adopted by Winston Churchill in his iron curtain speech on March 5th, 1946. This referred to the military political and ideological barrier set up by Stalin’s rule of communist Russia. No trading or communication was allowed between Eastern Russian countries in the U.S.S.R. and the rest of Eastern Europe. Started after the end of WWII when Stalin had a different idea for a post war world. After 1953 the curtain slowly faded away and was completely lifted around 1989-90…
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Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís Introduction In The Wall, one man’s personal history reveals a larger story: the history of a country, the vagaries of culture, the power of world politics, and the universal human longing for personal freedom. Through the narrative, the journal entries, and the captions, and by examining and re-examining the pictures, readers see the second half of the twentieth century from Peter Sís’s perspective as a young boy, an artist, growing up during the Cold War in Communist…
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communists “Ich bin ein Berliner”: i support west germany Iron Curtain: The close off of information leaving the communist Eisenhower Doctrine: Defend anyone under attack by communists Nikita Khrushchev: soviet in charge, head of the negotiation in the missile crisis Cold War - defined: A political tension between the US and the Soviet Union HUAC: House Un-American…
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I believe that the start of the ‘Cold War’ was due to the Soviet Union. This is because of the mutual distrust of Josef Stalin and his alleged allies, especially with the USA’s newly elected Prime Minister, Harry Truman. Furthermore, Stalin appeared to have exterior motives, which he concealed from the other leaders, which included accommodating and expanding his sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. This resulted in suspicion and tension between all countries. Also, many of the disagreements…
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Chapter 17 Section 1 Cold War: Superpowers Face off K- W- Who was involved in the Cold War? What effects did the Cold War have on the countries involved? What was the outcome of the war? What was the reason for the war? L- Cold War After WWII, two powers remained: Soviet Union United States Yalta Conference Leaders of U.S., Britain, and Soviet Union Agreed to divide Germany into zones Creation of the United Nations June 1945, based in New York 48 Nations joined the organization intended…
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Cold war The cold war was a phony war. The problems emerging between the soviets and the Americans were actually unresolved issues left over from World War II. The cold war enabled both the soviets and the Americans to enhance their military budgets and attempt to establish police states within their borders. The Americans should have known that the soviets were going to dominate Eastern Europe. To expect otherwise was foolish and wishful thinking. Some origins of the cold war were: Greek communists…
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Cold war The cold war was the geo-strategic, economic, and ideological struggle between the world’s super powers; the Soviet Union and the USA by their respective and emerging alliance partners. 1947-1991 * Propaganda attacks * Economic issues policies of non-cooperation * Shifting power between super powers * Raw materials to advance societies * Yalta, Potsdam, iron curtain, Truman doe, Marshall plan, coniform, berlin blockade, hate, Korea, Vietnam, warzones, berlin wall,…
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