Containment Flashcards
NATO
Military alliance between USA and Europe.
Truman Doctrine
1947
Rio Conference
1947: An attack on one American nation would be an attack on all of the nations.
Organisation of the American States
1948: to fight back against communism in the region.
How much aid did Truman give Latin America compared to Europe?
79 million (Point 4 programme) vs 18 billion. (marshall aid)
ECLA
Economic Commission for Latin America (UN gives aid)
McCarran Act (Internal security act)
- All communists must register.
Executive order 9835
When Truman ordered loyalty tests of all federal employees.
Senator McCarthy.
A senator who gained influence when he started accusing people of being communists. He accused the ‘Hollywood 10’. Lost his credibility when he started to accuse the army.
NSC-68
Provided the blueprint for militarisation during the Cold War.
‘Hollywood 10’
A group of writers and directors who were accused of being communists as they refused to defend themselves in front of the HUAC.
Impact of lives.
Reading lists monitored, books were banned, ‘Bert the turtle’, people bought bomb shelters in their backyards.;
Martin McCauley
‘two competing systems that wanted to expand’
Horowitz
a key element to McCarthy’s demise was his exaggeration of the dangers of communism.
Paterson
Soviet hostility and US efforts to dominate post-war society were equally as responsible.
