Ideological Conflict on a Global Scale:
The Origins and
Meaning of the Cold War I: 1918/1945-1962
á What was the "Cold War"? How did it
begin?
á Who was more responsible?
Key Terms:
1) Liberal Democracy/Capitalism
2) Vladimir Lenin & Leninism
3) Soviet Style Communism
4) "Iron Curtain" Speech
5) Brezhnev Doctrine
6) Marshall Plan
7) Truman Doctrine
8) NATO and Warsaw Pact
9) Containment
10) Berlin Wall
I. The Cold War: Definitions and Origins, 1918-1945
á
Liberal Democracy/Capitalism vs.
Soviet-style Communism (Lenin &
Stalin)
á
The Russian Revolution, The First ÒRed ScareÓ, and Western-Soviet
Antagonism, 1917-1939
á
Marriage
of Convenience: The Western Allies and the
Soviet Union in World War II
á
Wartime Tensions &
Disagreements: The Second Front, Eastern Europe, and Japan
á
Tehran (Nov 1943), Yalta (Feb 1945) and Potsdam (July/August 1945) Conferences
á
The United States, the Soviet Union,
and the Eclipse of Europe
á
II. The New Blocs: Dividing Europe, 1945-1961
á
The Soviets in Eastern Europe:
Security and Expansion
á Establishing One-Party Dictatorships in Eastern Europe
(1945-1949)
á Churchill's "Iron Curtain Speech," (Fulton
Missouri, 1946)
á Crushed Uprisings: East
Germany (1953), Hungary (1956), Czecholovakia (1968)
á The Brezhnev Doctrine (1968)
III. US Policy: Containing Communism (Containment)
á George Kennan's Long
Telegram and NSC-68 vs. The Novikov Telegram
á The Americans and Western Europe: Interests and Ideals
á Truman Doctrine (1947) and The Marshall Plan (1947)
á Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Rhetoric of "Rollback"
IV. The German Question, 1945-1961 and the Division of Europe
á The Berlin Blockade and Berlin
Airlift, 1948-1949
á Two Germanies, NATO, and the Warsaw Pact, 1949/1955: The Two Blocs
á The Berlin Wall (1961-1989)
V. Who's to Blame? History, Historians, and the
Politics of History
á
The "Stalin Did It" School
(Traditionalists)
á The "Americans Did ItÓ School (Revisionists)
á
The "They Both Did It, but Stalin
Did It More" School (Post-Revisionists)