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The Cold WarDefinition & Causes
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Cold War - Defined Definition –
• Hostility & conflict between 2 nations (economic, diplomatic) with no direct fighting
Hot War – • Defined - Actual warfare. Armies
engaged in direct fighting. • Example – WWII, WWI
Cold War – Example – US vs. SU• “Proxy Wars” – Wars fought between
nations supported by Cold War nations (Korea, Vietnam)
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Causes Beliefs
• Communism vs. Capitalism
• Truman vs. Stalin Aims / Goals
• SU Rebuild own nation Weak Ger. w/ reparations “Buffer Zone” – in E.
Europe• US
Protect/promote democracy (Europe)
Rebuild Europe & Germany
Markets for goods
Resentment• 1918 /1939• Creation of 2nd
Front • A-Bomb
Events • Yalta / Potsdam• Iron Curtain
Speech• Creation of
“Satellites”• Cominform –
Communist Information Bureau
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Postwar Situations Based on the chart, who is
stronger immediately after WWII? • Is the Soviet Union an immediate threat to
the United States? Why would the situations in
Europe and the “Third” world nations be a major concern for the US?