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BIPOLAR WORLDCold War World
Essential Questions Compare & contrast capitalism &
communism as political systems & as economic systems.
Identify how Cold War consumerism & the Truman Doctrine in the ultimate defeat of communism.
Examine the division of Germany in terms of potential for future confrontation b/w the U.S. & the Soviets
Examine the Proxy War in Korea in terms of past and future implications.
Capitalism vs. Communism
CAPITALISM U.S. Ideology
Liberalism Property rights Free market Welfare State
COMMUNISM: Khrushchev’s
Reform Relaxation of
terror Economic growth
Command Economy
In a Command Economy, the government controls all factors of production.
Examples of the Command Economy w
ere the Stalin’s ”5 Year Plans” and Mao’s “The Great Leap Forward”
The government decides what items
will be made by whom, and to whom they would be sold and at what price.
The Soviet Union had a Command
Economy
Global Communism
Soviet Strategies Military parity
[U.S.] National
liberations > through COMINTERN
U.S. Strategy:Truman
Doctrine
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Europe Divided
EAST & WEST GERMANY > 1949 West Germany:
very prosperous > subsidized by Western nations
East Germany: Very poor > population only 19M Many escaped to the west BERLIN WALL & Border fortified
to prevent escape
Division of Germany
Nuclear Arms Race
NATO & Warsaw Pact
Created arms race 1960s Soviets achieve
parity 1970s
Both sides acquire
MAD > Mutually Assured Destruction
Cold War Turns “Hot”[PROXY WAR]
KOREA:Divided at
38th ParallelN. Korea
invaded S. U.N. intervention
China enters war
Cease fire 1953 at 38th Parallel
YALU RIVER
Cold War Turns “Hot”
CUBA: Castro
overthrew Batista Regime 1959
Expropriated U.S. property
Killed /exiled opponents
U.S. embargo > sugar
Soviets bolster economy Bay of Pigs >
fiasco 1961 Soviets place
ICBMs Cuban Missile
Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet ICBMs in Cuba > 1962 Kennedy response
Naval quarantine to stop shipments
U.N. oversaw removal Soviet response
Backed down & Capitulated U.S. promise
not to ‘overthrow’ Castro
Globalization of Containment
Creation of SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Counterpart of NATO
Eisenhower’s DOMINO THEORY Fear that if one country [S.E. Asia]
fell to communism the rest would follow.
Colonial Liberation : PhilippinesPhilippine independence:
July 4, 1946U.S. maintained military basesWielded influence in politicsSoviets identified this as U.S.
imperialism
Bandung Conference 1955
Asian & African discuss NON-ALIGNMENT Countries do not align with with
either superpower Jawaharlal Nehru {India}
articulated non-alignment Bandung failed to form united
front against the superpowers
Political Dangers of Superpower Intervention Both used military / economic aide
to influence newly emerged nations Intrusion hindered democracy in
developing nations Support strained relationships with
neighbors
Cold War Societies
Domestic Containment Female Liberation Black Nationalism Cold War Consumerism
Domestic Containment & Feminism
Consumerism
Domestic Containment
Red Scare: U.S. families as defense
against infiltration McCarthyism [Witch Hunts]
Violation of constitutional rights Women’s dissatisfaction
Betty Freidan Women’s Liberation
Used Marxist terms to identify female circumstances
Black Nationalism
Marley’s music & Marcus Garvey influenced
M.L.K. influenced by Gandhi U.S.S.R. used it to expose
weaknesses of U.S. capitalism Rosa Parks sparked the revolution
1955
Cold War Consumerism
Weakened the Soviet positionCould not match consumerism of
WestWestern European economic boom
vs. Eastern European slow growthBerlin > virtual contrastKhrushchev’s visit [U.S.] humanized
both sides
Enduring Question
Why was the U.S. ultimately successful emerging from the Cold War as the undisputed Super Power?
What evidence can we find that illustrates the fact that the Russians may be down but they certainly are not OUT?