The Cold War Era: 1945-1968
Why not 69? Because I’m actually slightly mature. Just kidding. ’68 is a huge turning point in America. Now, the Cold War is a huge period of time in which […]
Why not 69? Because I’m actually slightly mature. Just kidding. ’68 is a huge turning point in America. Now, the Cold War is a huge period of time in which […]
Kennedy: “Flexible Response” and the Cold War Diversifying Foreign Policy -JFK believed that policy needed more ways to defend against communism than nukes. Believed that they should focus on emerging […]
-labor unions develop “post-war contracts” involving “escalator clauses” with bosses, which basically paid them off not to revolt -Space Race (Explorer, Apollo, and NASA) launched after the Russian built Sputnik. […]
Truman Doctrine, 1947—U.S. pledges to help oppressed people’s fight communism; Greece and Turkey are given money and both countries become democracies. Marshall Plan, 1947—Sought to create European economic recovery to […]
U.S. termination of Lend-Lease to Soviets (while Britain continued to receive aid) angers Stalin Stalin promises free elections for E. Europe at Yalta. 1945 Stalin refuses free elections for E. […]