I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLD WAR
The Confrontation of the Superpowers
Was an argument between Soviet and American ideologies over what would be a secure political arrangement of peoples and nations in the aftermath of WW II
The first area of disagreement of theeee Cold War was Eastern Europe
One factor that helped start the Cold War in Eastern Europe was Stalin’s want to employ for-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a neutral area
The United States of America threw out the Truman Doctrine to Congress in March 1947. The doctrine wanted to give Greece and Turkey $400 mill. so they could protect themselves. It also showed fear of communisim
June 1947, the US put into …show more content…
The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Move toward Détente
In 1959, Fidel Castro took out a crook named Fulgencio Bautista
In 1961, an American operation that tried to off this fool, Castro sadly failed.. “Bay of Pigs”
In 1962, Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet leader) placed stupid Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba
JFK(Lady Killer) figured out a way to get nukes outta there. #strikeout
The Vietnam War
Diem (Leader of Vietnam) was backed up by big CEO’s boy, Roman Catholics, and large landowners but poor hated this fool cuz he was a crook
The enormous draft, the Tet Offensive which was launched by North Vietnamese, and bombing of North Vietnam by the Air Force turned people off about the war… Hippies started.
II. RECOVERY AND RENEWAL IN EUROPE
The End of European Colonies
De-colonization in the non-Western world after WWII resulted in the “Third World,” which lacks technology of the first and second worlds.
The Soviet Union: From Stalin to Khrushchev
The economic policies of Stalin helped create the big industry of top secrect modern weapons and space vehicles. Ex; Sputnik, the world’s 1st space satellite was launched by Russians in