history study guide Vocabulary ● satellite nations countries dependent upon and dominated by the Soviet Union. (Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Hungary‚ Romania‚ Poland) ● containment an effort to block the Soviet’s attempts to spread their influence by creating alliances and supporting weaker countries. ● cold war the conflicting U.S. and soviet aims in Eastern Europe the state of hostility short of direct military confrontation that developed between the two superpowers
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for world domination with the USSR. Russia went to war because Stalin wanted Communism to grow. In 1949‚ Kim Il Sung persuaded Stalin and Mao Tse Tung to support an invasion of South Korea. In 1950‚ Syngman Rhee threatened to attack North Korea. It was an excuse – the trigger for war: the NKPA invaded South Korea The underlying reason that the Korean War broke out was because it was just another episode in the ongoing Cold War between the USA and the USSR. On the surface‚ the Korean
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intention of updating NSC-20‚ a series of reports regarding containment overseen by Kennan. Eventually the two groups merged with Nitze chairing the review‚ and the resulting report was NSC-68. (Nitze & Drew‚ 1994) Despite being derived from NSC-20‚ NSC-68 completely reoriented containment. Unlike its predecessor‚ NSC-68 dogmatically asserted the Soviets were intent on eventually waging war against the United States. It also took the idea of containment a step further‚ advocating a “roll back” of Kremlin
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hailed in a new era for the US’s foreign policy through the definition of containment and the introduction of formal institutions such as the National Security Council‚ the Central Intelligence agency and the Department of Defense. This showed a move towards a more assertive foreign policy‚ arguably provoking the Soviet Union and escalating tensions between the two powers. Similarly the Marshall Plan’s encroachment on what the USSR saw as their sphere of influence through their offer of financial aid
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States’ policy of containment in action‚ leading to the vast growth of America’s military capability‚ as well as the globalisation of the Cold War due to the military alliances constructed by the US. Along with this‚ the Korean War ended with the emergence of China as the frontrunner of communism in Asia‚ due to the stalemate reached in the war. The Korean War was significant in terms of the Cold War‚ as it had long term affects on America’s foreign policy. The expansion of the USSR and the ideology
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against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War? Was it at Potsdam in 1945‚ where disagreements between superpowers came about after the Second World War and no military alliance against Hitler was needed? Or was it in 1946 when Kennan introduced containment and Churchill declared the existence of an Iron Curtain between Eastern and Western Europe‚ within a month of each other? The origins of the Cold War can be argued for any of the above views‚ and thus is not definite; however‚ it is evident that
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When President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine in 1947‚ he made the containment policy and it led to dominated foreign policy of the US (Kennedy 875). Ten years later‚ President Eisenhower issued a similar doctrine‚ but mainly focused on the middle east (Kennedy 902). The Korean War is a good example of President Truman’s
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by President Truman] wanted to help Germany recover/ to prevent large areas of Europe from coming under Communist control. 3. Resentment about history: The USSR did not trust Britain and the USA – They had tried to destroy the Russian Revolution in 1918/ Stalin thought they had not helped the USSR enough in WW2. Britain & USA did not trust USSR – Stalin had signed the Nazi-Soviet pact in 1939. 4. Events turned the mistrust into war: Yalta/ Potsdam/ Salami tactics/ Fulton/ Greece/ Truman Doctrine/
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Why did America have the immediate advantage in the Cold War? America has the immediate advantage in the Cold War because they had more money‚ power and could provide Europe protection through rebuilding. What was the United States’ response of containment
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world superpowers‚ the United States and the USSR. These two countries were in a battle for superiority but this battle never once led to a ’hot’ war as the United States and the USSR never actually fired at each other. The main reason there was such an initial clash between these superpowers is that each country had completely different ideologies. The USSR functioned in a Communist fashion and the United States operated with Capitalism. The Containment Policy came about because of these different
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