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Policy #1: Containment
Begun by President in 1947
US will give economic & military aid to stop spread of
Aligns with theory that communism would spread
Issues in Berlin
block access to Berlin in 1948
US & UK respond with the
Soviets demand forces leave Berlin
US refuses and the Soviets begin building the in 1961
Policy #2: Brinkmanship
Pres. threatens “massive retaliation” if provoked
Hopeful this would any Soviet strike
Like a game of
“Mutually Destruction” if bombs ever used
Pres. Kennedy made it part of his
The Potsdam Conference (1945)
Summer
Followed the Conference in Feb.
US, UK, & Soviet Union continue plans for postwar & division of
Korean War (1950-1953)
Similar to Germany, Korea left divided after WW2
North Korea invades the South in 1950
US leads UN forces to support South Korea
Cease-fire and DMZ created at the 38th Parallel in 1953
Cuban Missile Crisis (1963)
Retribution for failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961
US discovers Soviet missile buildup in Cuba in October 1962
Results in a 13-day standoff
After a US blockade, an agreement is reached
Moscow-Washington hotline established
The Red Scare
A 2nd wave of anticommunism in the 1950s
Sen Joseph McCarthy and HUAC fuel fears of communism
Leads to McCarthyism “witch hunt”
The Space Race
Began with Soviet launch of satellite in 1957
Soviets send 1st (Yuri Gagarin) into space in 1961
US catches up with sending first men to the moon in 1969
Revolution
Protests begin the Republics
states break away and attempt democracy
torn down in 1989
Soviet Union collapses and becomes
Policy #3: DĂ©tente
An easing of after years of both nations on edge
Begun by & Brezhnev in the 1970s
More talks & until the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979
Policy #4: Glasnost
Russian in the 1980s
promotes greater transparency
allows for some private companies
Vietnam War
Long, slow building war from 1950s to 1973
Increased with the Gulf of Resolution in 1964
The 1968 turned many against the war in the US
US involvement ended in but Vietnam united under communism in
SALT Agreements
Strategic Arms Talks
US and Soviet Union agreed to limit their and weapon build-up
was signed, SALT II was agreed to but never ratified
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Begun by President in 1947
US will give economic & military...
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