The Cold War:

The Cold War:

By: Ms. Susan M. PojerBy: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua,

NYNY

By: Ms. Susan M. PojerBy: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua,

NYNYEdited By: Mr. Michael LeonardEdited By: Mr. Michael LeonardAliquippa High School Aliquippa High School

Aliquippa, PAAliquippa, PA

Edited By: Mr. Michael LeonardEdited By: Mr. Michael LeonardAliquippa High School Aliquippa High School

Aliquippa, PAAliquippa, PA

Part I:

“Reconstruction &

Confrontation”

Part I:

“Reconstruction &

Confrontation”

The Ideological StruggleThe Ideological StruggleSoviet &

Eastern Bloc Nations[“Iron

Curtain”]

US & the Western

Democracies

GOAL spread world-wide Communism

GOAL “Containment” of Communism & the eventual collapse of the Communist world.[George Kennan]

METHODOLOGIES:

Espionage [KGB vs. CIA]

Arms Race [nuclear escalation]

Ideological Competition for the minds and hearts of Third World peoples [Communist govt. & command economy vs. democratic govt. & capitalist economy] “proxy wars”

Bi-Polarization of Europe [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact]

Yalta

• Feb 1945• Big Three

– FDR– Churchill– Stalin

• Agreement to govern Germany jointly– Allied Control

Council

Post-War GermanyPost-War Germany

Post-War BerlinPost-War Berlin