Cold War consequences

• Truman doctrine

  Marshall aid 1947

  NATO 1949

  Cominform 1947

  Greece civil war won by royalists
• Marshall Aid

  Rebuilt Western Europe, stopped communism.

  
  

  Tension with USSR up

  Viewed as ‘dollar imperialism‘.

  Rebuilt Germany which was against USSR’s wishes.
• Berlin crisis 1948-49, blockade, airlift, and founding of E & W Germany.

  NATO established 1949

  Establishment of E/W Germany

  Nuclear flashpoint- B-29 bombers to the UK.
• NATO 1949

  Warsaw Pact 1955

  USA military presence in Europe increased

  Soldiers in Berlin

  B-29 bombers in the UK
• Arms Race

  Tension at Potsdam

  Nuclear flashpoint

  Berlin

  Cuba
• Berlin ultimatum

  Tension up- broke Yalta and Potsdam agreements

  led to

  Begins diplomacy
• 1960 Paris summit

  Tension up- U2 crisis

  led to

  More diplomacy
• 1961 Vienna summit

  Diplomacy failed

  Arms tension (3.5 billion more dollars for US)
• Berlin Wall

  Short term tension up

  Standoff at checkpoint Charlie

  
  

  Long term tension down

  Ended refugee crisis
• Space Race

  Competition (until 1975 Apoll—Soyuz)

  
  

  Link to arms race (ICBMs use rocket technolog)
• Cuban revolution 1959

  Relation down between USA/USSR

  USA down (nationalisation, embargo)

  USSR up (sugar deal, diplomats)

  Bay of Pigs 1961
• Bay of Pigs 1961

  Cuba/USSR relations up (communist, military aid)

  JFK reputation down (no air support)

  Missile crisis (ICBMs sent to protect)
• Cuban missile crisis 1962

  Arms control (1963 test ban treaty, 1968 non proliferation treaty, outer space treaty)

  Better relations (1963 hotline (symbolic), 1964 khrushchev removed)