the cold war (1945-1991). timeline 1939194519891991 wwii cold war ussr dissolves revolutions of 1989
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The Cold War (1945-1991)
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Timeline
1939 1945 1989 1991
WWII Cold War
USSR dissolves
Revolutions of 1989
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What is it
US vs. USSR state of tensionnuclear arms racepropaganda warfighting through client states
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USSR / Soviet Union (1922-1991)
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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR
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Causes
clash of ideologies: capitalism/democracy vs. communism
power rivalry
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Above: “Capitalists of the world, unite!”
PROPAGANDA WAR
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Propaganda Poster (1929)
“Help build the gigantic factories”Advertises state loan to finance 1st Five Year
Plan
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No single start date … 3 wartime conferences b/t GB, USSR, USNov. 1943: Teheran Conference
– plan how to beat GermanyFeb. 1945: Yalta Conference
– plan for postwar Germany– USSR joins war vs. Japan– E. Europe – free elections, pro-Russian
July 1945: Potsdam Conference– US demands free elections & USSR
refuses
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The Big Three:Churchill, FDR, Stalin (Yalta)
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No single start date …
March 1946: Churchill’s “iron curtain” speech
March 1947: Truman Doctrine (containment)
June 1947: Marshall Plan1948: Berlin blockade/airlift
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2 alliances: NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
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The “iron curtain”
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Marshall Plan
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Postwar division of Germany
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Major Soviet Leaders
Lenin (1917-1924) Stalin (1924-1953) Khrushchev (1955-1964) Brezhnev (1964-1982) Gorbachev (1985-1991)
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Stalin (1924-1953)
totalitariancentral planning:
– 5 Year Plans– collectivization /
de-kulakizationpropagandacensorshipKGBgulag
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Khrushchev (1955-1964)de-
Stalinization1956 Hungarian
rev.Cold War:
– 1961 Bay of Pigs– 1961 Berlin Wall– 1962 Cuban
Missile Crisis
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Brezhnev (1964-1982)
re-Stalinization
Prague Spring (1968) / Dubček
Brezhnev Doctrine
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Vietnam War (height, 1968-1973)
Life magazine Vol. 64, No. 10 in the 8 March 1968 issue. A photo from the Tet Offensive.
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Détente (1970s)
relaxation of cold war tensionsWilly Brandt’s Ostpolitik (W.
German reconciliation w/ E. Europe)
1975 Final Act of the Helsinki Conference– reaffirm Euro. borders– human rights
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Détente ends (late ’70s-mid 80s)Brezhnev ignored Helsinki
human rightsSoviet invasion of Afghanistan
(1979)Reagan calls USSR the “evil
empire”Reagan ↑ defense spending
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Gorbachev (1985-1991)
1. glasnost (econ. “restructuring”)
2. perestroika(“openness”)
3. democratization4. new foreign
policy: relax E-W tensions
5. end Cold War
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Socialist Realism
Boris Eremeevich Vladimirski, Roses for Stalin (1949)
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WESTERN EUROPE
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1. Decolonization (& neocolonialism)
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2. Politics
postwar – new leaders:– Christian Democrats – soc/com … “welfare
state”– US
1950s-early 80s: welfare state = heavy gov’t. spending
1980s – conservatism: – Reagan (US)– Thatcher (GB)– Kohl (W. Germany)
Margaret Thatcher, British PM 1979-1990
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3. Economics
postwar – rapid growth – Why: Marshall Plan, gov’t. stimulus, ppl.
ready to work, consumer demand, Common Market
1970s-80s – series of econ. crises– early 70s: US$ plummeted in value global
inflation – oil shocks in 1973 (OPEC) & 1979 (Iranian
Rev.)
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LATE COLD WAR, 1968-1985
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COLD WAR ENDS, 1985-1991
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Revolutions of 1989Poland 1st
– 1978: Pope John Paul II– 1980: Gdansk shipyard strike
Solidarity forms under Lech Wałensa−1981: Jaruzelski declares martial law−1989: Solidarity legalized + free
elections Solidarity wins & begins reforms
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Revolutions of 1989
Glasnost and perestroikaHungaryE. Germany
– Berlin Wall fallsCzechoslovakia
– Velvet Revolution– Vaclav Havel
Romania – only violent rev.– Ceauşescu
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German Reunification (1990)E. Germans wanted better lifeled by W. German Chancellor
Helmut KohlGorby agreed – Germany pledged
peaceful intent + loans to USSR
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Further cooling of E-W. tensionsParis Accord (1990): Europe, US,
USSR– military reduction– affirmation of existing Euro. borders
additional US-USSR agreements to reduce nuclear arms
Gorbachev & Reagan sign an arms reduction treaty in 1987.
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Collapse of the USSR (1991)Gorby wanted to reform
communism & keep the USSR, which pleased no one:– hardline communists– democrats (led by
Yeltsin)Who won?
Boris Yeltsin, Russian pres. 1991-1999
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Collapse of the USSR (1991)
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