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Containment Policy
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1) George Kennan's Long Telegram (Feb 1946)
2) The Truman Doctrine (Mar 1947) 3) The Marshall Plan (April 1948) 4) The NSC-68 (Apr 1950) -Stalin- "no peaceful co-existence" Believed the COld War was inevitable. - Containment- stop an ideology from spreading past its pre-existing boarders. Cold war very ideological. -Cold war and containment defined by several doctrines. |
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Kennan's Long Telegram
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1) Russian rulers suspicious and insecure about the west. Always felt west would invade. German invasion affirmed their insecurity.
2) Under marxism and international communism. Soviet Union sought military expansion and political infiltration. 3) US military and economic strength can contain Soviet ambition, prevent from gaining more territories. This is despite a new isolationist public opinion after WW2. Kennan asking for selective engagement. 4) US must focus on its core and vital interests: Western Europe, Japan, and Middle East. 5) Internal problems and discontent could foster seeds of destruction within Soviet Union (especially with Nuclear Weapons) |
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The Truman Doctrine
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1) Economic and financial assistance to Greece and Turkey
2) The world is facing 2 alternative choices in life: liberal democracy vs. Communist totalitarianism (becoming "us vs them" 3) seeds of totalitarianism nurtured by misery and want 4) US's economic aid can help countries facing communist subversion |
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Marshall Plan (June 5,1947)
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Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced America would offer economic assistance for reconstruction of Western Europe (any state with communist subversion)
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NSC-68
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1) 2 rising powers: US and Soviet Union
2) US's policy of containment can only succeed with strong military backing 3) "Deter Soviet Expansion to defeat agressive Soviets or Soviet-led actions of limited /total character" |
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Major Decisions of the Cold War
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1) Berlin Blockade (1948-1949)- Stalin's 1st major move of aggression
2) 1949-- crucial year in Cold War. China became communist. Soviet deployed nuclear bomb. NATO formed. 3) Korean War (1950-53) 4) The Vietnam War (1964-1973) 5) Nixon-Kissingers "Grand Strategy" practiced "Detente" -many Cold War policies led to CIA covert ops. Critics said US supported reactionary policies - 40 year period--territories divided, governments were overthrown, and world faced a nuclear threat. |
