CH1 Flashcards
Western Alliance and the Ideology
Headed by the USA - Liberal Democracy and Capitalism
Eastern Alliance and the Ideology
Headed by the Soviet Union - Socialism and Communism
Leader of Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
President of the USA
John F. Kennedy
What was the Cold War?
The Cold War was not simply a matter of power rivalries, of military alliances, and of the balances of power. These were accompanied by a real ideological conflict as well, a difference over the best and the most appropriate way of organising political, economic, and social life all over the world. The western alliance, headed by the US, represented the ideology of liberal democracy and capitalism while the eastern alliance, headed by the Soviet Union, was committed to the ideology of Socialism and Communism.
CENTO
Central Treaty Organization
- Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey
- Dissolved in 1979
SEATO
South East Asian Treaty Organization
- USA, UK, France, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand
The Cold War Timeline - 1947
American President Harry Truman’s Doctrine about the containment of communism
The Cold War Timeline - 1947-52
Marshall Plan: US aid for the reconstruction of the Western Europe
The Cold War Timeline - 1948-49
Berlin blockade by the Soviet Union and the airlift of supplies to the citizens of West Berlin by the US and its allies
The Cold War Timeline - 1948-49
Berlin blockade by the Soviet Union and the airlift of supplies to the citizens of West Berlin by the US and its allies
The Cold War Timeline - 1950-53
Korean War
The Cold War Timeline - 1954
Defeat of the French by the Vietnamese at Dien Bien Phu.
Signing of the Geneva Accords
Division of Vietnam along the 17th Parallel Formation of SEATO
The Cold War Timeline - 1954-75
American Intervention in Vietnam
The Cold War Timeline - 1955
Signing of the Baghdad Pact, later CENTO
The Cold War Timeline - 1956
Soviet Intervention in Hungary
The Cold War Timeline - 1961
US - sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba Construction of the Berlin Wall
The Cold War Timeline - 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cold War Timeline - 1968
Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia
The Cold War Timeline - 1972
US President Richard Nixon’s visit to China
The Cold War Timeline - 1978-89
Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia
The Cold War Timeline - 1979-89
Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan
The Cold War Timeline - 1985
Gorbachev becomes the President of the USSR; begins the reform process
