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Cold War 1945-1960

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Gamal Abdul Nasser
dictator in Egypt who wants US to help build Aswan Dam while he's also buying weapons from Soviets; nationalizes Suez Canal
Eisenhower's Cold War involvement 1953-61
Korean war; Geneva Summit; SEATO; Eisenhower Doctrine; Dulles (brinkmanship); Guatemala 1954; Suez Canal crisis 1956; U-2 Crisis 1960; Vietnam
Berlin Crisis/Airlift 1948-1948
Stalin stops all transportation to West Berlin so US flies and drops supplies
Potsdam July 1945
Truman, Stalin and Atlee meeting; division of Germany finalized; Nuremburg trials planned; Truman learns he has THE BOMB
Truman's Cold War involvement 1945-52
Potsdam; Marshall Plan; Truman Doctrine; Kennan (containment); Berlin Crisis; Korean War;
Vyacheslav Molotov incident
Russian foreign minister comes to visit Truman and gets kicked out for not allowing free elections in Eastern Europe yet; the beginnings of the Cold War
Suez Canal Crisis 1956
Ike prevents war between Egypt, Israel and Britain over the nationalizing of this thing by condemning his allies
Warsaw Pact 1955
response to NATO; members include USSR and satellite nations; promise to support each other against an attack
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949
mutual defense treaty where members promise to aid each other if attacked; has its own military
Organization of American States 1948
miniature UN for the Americas; supposed to improve US and Latin America relations; a cover for US to get approval to be involved in stopping commies in Latin America
Southeast Atlantic Treaty Organization
created by John Foster Dulles; similar to NATO but in Asia
John Foster Dulles
Ike's Secretary of State; "massive retaliation;" "Brinkmanship"
Hungarian Revolt 1956
revolt led by Imre Nagy and demanding Soviets out; USSR sends troops and crushes revolt; Soviets catch a lot of heat
Marshall Plan
European Recovery Plan; helping Europe recover economically and make friends with our money; "yankee imperialism;" pays $13 billion mostly to Britain, France and Germany to build factories and make food
Eisenhower Doctrine
adds "military means" to Truman Doctrine in preventing spread of communism
Geneva Summit 1955
Ike and Khrushchev meet to discuss disarmament and Germany; shows that Ike tried to help but was rejected by Soviets
Brinkmanship
Dulles' plan of pushing Soviets to the edge of war but not too far; very aggressive to establish superiority
Yalta 1945
Churchill, FDR and Stalin meeting; Stalin promises to fight Japan and allow free elections in Eastern Europe (lies); plan to split Germany and make United Nations
Rollback
Dulles' plan of invading communist countries and kicking commies out; too aggressive to work
Truman Doctrine 1947
US will support free people who are resisting communist pressures from inside or outside; leads to involvement in Turkey and Greece
Open skies 1955
Ike's idea to let planes fly over USSR and US to see what each has; Khrushchev says no
U-2 Crisis 1960
Soviets shoot down US spy plane; ruins a planned summit meeting; makes a mess of US/USSR relations for awhile
Containment
George Kennan's plan of holding back the Soviets (only supposed to be used in Europe; leads to VietNam and Korea) and not allowing communism to spread
Nikita Khrushchev
next major leader after Stalin; "peaceful co-existence" but little action; destalinization;
Point Four Program 1949
Truman's idea to provide technical assistance to developing nations in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Middle East
COMECON
Soviet Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Soviet plan to help satellite countries after war (response to Marshall Plan); Molotov Plan; doesn't work

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