Cold War, 1945-1953 by Beatrice-Ngan Huynh The United States follows a policy of containment (Kennan)
The Truman Doctrine intervention approached by the United States in European affairs US; provide [[#|money to]] countries that claimed they were threatened by Communist expansion
The Marshall Plan Rebuilt prosperity and stability for economic recovery of war torn Europe
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal, singed treaty with the United States and Canada.
Warsaw Pact
COMECON Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union formal military alliance in the Warsaw Pact
Berlin Blockade: cutting the western part of the [[#|city]] off from rail and auto traffic
Berlin Airlift: year-long enterprise designed to supply the basic needs of West Berliners
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany – FRG)
German Democratic Republic (East Germany – GDR)
Nikita Khrushchev: de-Stalinization
Peaceful coexistence
Hungarian Revolt: crushed by Soviet forces
Fidel Castro: overthrow the U.S. backed [[#|government]] of Cuba
U-2 spy plane: shoot down US plane, cancellation of a planned superpower summit
Bay of Pigs: U.S. backed invasion of Cuba failed
Cuban Missile Crisis: ends when President Kennedy assures Khrushchev that U.S. will not invade Cuba
"Cold War: A Brief History | History of the Atomic Age | Atomicarchive.com." Atomicarchive.com: Exploring the History, Science, and Consequences of the Atomic Bomb. Web. 24 Apr. 2011. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/index.shtml>.
The United States follows a policy of containment (Kennan)
The Truman Doctrine intervention approached by the United States in European affairs US; provide [[#|money to]] countries that claimed they were threatened by Communist expansion
The Marshall Plan Rebuilt prosperity and stability for economic recovery of war torn Europe
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal, singed treaty with the United States and Canada.
Warsaw Pact
COMECON Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union formal military alliance in the Warsaw Pact
Berlin Blockade: cutting the western part of the [[#|city]] off from rail and auto traffic
Berlin Airlift: year-long enterprise designed to supply the basic needs of West Berliners
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany – FRG)
German Democratic Republic (East Germany – GDR)
Nikita Khrushchev: de-Stalinization
Peaceful coexistence
Hungarian Revolt: crushed by Soviet forces
Fidel Castro: overthrow the U.S. backed [[#|government]] of Cuba
U-2 spy plane: shoot down US plane, cancellation of a planned superpower summit
Bay of Pigs: U.S. backed invasion of Cuba failed
Cuban Missile Crisis: ends when President Kennedy assures Khrushchev that U.S. will not invade Cuba
in exchange for the removal of the missile
Czechoslovakian: “Prague Spring” reform movement
Brezhnev Doctrine
Work Cites
"The War That Never Was: NATO vs The Warsaw Pact." Alternate Wars. Web. 24 Apr. 2011. <http://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/the_war_that_never_was.htm>.
"Cold War Timeline." History Timelines. Web. 24 Apr. 2011. <http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/events-timelines/03-cold-war-timeline.htm>.
"Origins of the Cold War." National Museum of American History. Web. 24 Apr. 2011. <http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/origins/index.html>.
"Cold War: A Brief History | History of the Atomic Age | Atomicarchive.com." Atomicarchive.com: Exploring the History, Science, and Consequences of the Atomic Bomb. Web. 24 Apr. 2011. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/index.shtml>.