The Origins of the Cold War

Opposing Ideologies USA

O Government: Democratic Republic

O Power resides with people electing officials

O Free Market Economy

O Innocent until proven guilty

O Constitution limits government power

Opposing IdeologiesUSSR

O SocialismO Government:

Communism O Power Resides with

the GovernmentO Economy control

resides through the government

O Totalitarianism

Prelude Yalta Conference

O Attended by the “Big Three” leadersO Discussion of Europe post WWIIO Stalin expanding the USSRO Last Full Conference for FDR

Potsdam Conference

O Spread of the Red ArmyO Truman’s first discussions with StalinO USA asks for USSR’s efforts vs. JapanO Stalin continues to ignore others wants

End of WWIIO Scramble in EuropeO USSR slight involvement in JapanO Atomic Bomb drops in JapanO Japan surrenders before Red Army

arrives

Post WWIIO Red Army gains strength in numbersO Red Army continues to move westO Truman begins to discuss the halt of

Communism

Truman Doctrine O March 12, 1947 O Aid to Turkey and

GreeceO Strategic land vital

to stop Communism

Truman Doctrine O Needed aid to resist communismO Turkey no received aid from USA in pastO Economic and Military aid

The Marshall PlanO Presented by

Secretary of State George Marshall

O Soviets reject all other ideas

O Gathered criticism for helping diverse economies

The Marshall PlanO Europe in a state of repairO Needs a different solution then WWIO Slow Recovery O USA Funded $13 million in relief effort

NATOO North American Treaty AllianceO Established April 4, 1949O Canada, USA and most of Western

Europe

NATOO Huge part in Korean WarO NATO vs. Regular ForcesO Most powerful alliance ever created

Warsaw PactO USSR response to NATOO Issued May 14, 1955O Organized Red States together as one

Warsaw PactO 8 Communist Countries

O USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania

O NATO and Warsaw Pact nations never waged war on another.

The Cold WarO USA vs. USSRO Not a physical warO Strategic continuous planning and

plotting O Threat of Nuclear War

Parting QuestionO How is a winner declared?

CitationsO Bill Blevins, Flag, June 1, 2006 Creative Commons via Flickr,

Attribution O Rizobreaker, Lenin in Soviet Union, September 24, 2007,

Creative Commons via Flickr, AttributionO Marian Doss, Conference of the Big Three at Yalta, July 2,

2008, Creative Commons via Flickr, Attribution Share AlikeO Pingnews.com, Public Domain: Photograph of Josef Stalin,

Harry S. Truman, and Winston Churchill at Potsdam 7/17/1945 (NARA), September 25, 2007, Creative Commons via Flickr, Attribution Share Alike

O Kheel Center, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, October 4, 2010, Creative Commons via Flickr, Attribution

O Nahid Sikander, World Map, April 14, 2011, Creative Commons via Flicker, Attribution Non Commercial-Share Alike