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Who was to blame for the Cold War?


Introduction
Why did the Grand Alliance breakdown after WWII?
How did the USSR gain control of Eastern Europe?
How did the USA react?
Why was there a crisis over Berlin?
Who was to blame? Review

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Breakdown of the Grand Alliance
Kennan and Nivikov Telegrams
Soviet 'take-over' of Eastern Europe
US Policy of Containment
Marshall Aid
Berlin Blockade, 1948
Berlin Airlift, 1948 - 49
The division of Germany, 1949
Creation of NATO, 1949
USA Domino Theory
Berlin crisis, 1961 Part 1
North Korea invades South Korea
Berlin crisis, 1961 Part 2
The Cuban Revolution, 1959
The Bay of Pigs, 1961
Why Khrushchev put missiles in Cuba
JFK’s response
Cuban Crisis - outcomes
US containment of Asia
Gulf on Tonkin incident
Why USA left Vietnam

How did the Soviet / commits economy work.
Why life was ‘bad’
The ‘benefits’ of communism
The Hungarian Uprising, 1956
The Prague Spring, 1968
Gorbachev’s ‘new thinking’
Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989
The end of the USSR

How effectively did the USA contain the spread of communism?

Introduction
Case Study 1: Korean War
Case Study 2: Cuba
Case Study: Vietnam
Review

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