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Revision as of 18:44, 20 April 2013
Causes of the Cold War:
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Factors contributing to the Cold War
Long-term origins (1917-1941)
- WWI(1917): Communist Bolsheviks come to power and withdraw Russia WWI, where it had been in alliance with the United States.
- Bolsheviks executed Tsar Nicholas II and his family
- Bad because they were related to British royalty
- Bolsheviks were Communist. Just thought that should be repeated, because it's really important. Capitalism and communism were seen as naturally opposing systems.
- Bolsheviks executed Tsar Nicholas II and his family
- Russian Civil War (1918-1921): the Reds fought the U.S.-backed Whites.
Short-term origins (1941-1946)
1945 Meetings:
- Yalta:
- Germany to be split into four zones(American, British, French, Russian), Berlin too.
- Eastern Europe to have free elections
- U.N. to be created
- Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan
- Condition: Japanese-occupied territory given to USSR
- Pottsdam
- Couldn't agree on what to do with Poland or Germany
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1945-1953: The start of the Cold War
- Europe
- Atomic bomb
- Eastern Europe
- Containment and roll back
- Truman, Marshall, Cominform, Molotov, Comicon
- Berlin blockade and airlift
- NATO
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The 'Thaw' (1953-1957)
- Reasons for a thaw
- Death of Stalin
- McCarthy discredited
- End of Korean War
- End of Indo-china war
- Russian concessions
- The Austrian State Treaty
- Continued tensions
- Continued Russian grip on Eastern Europe
- Actions to protect communism
- The Warsaw Pact
- Russia builds up arms
- Berlin problems (Recognition)
The Khrushchev Era (1956-63)
Destalinisation Polish Crisis (1956) Hungarian Uprising Suez Crisis Increased power of Khrushev and USSR Second Berlin crisis (1958-1962)
- Threats by Khrushchev against Western powers in west Germany/Berlin (Berlin Ultimatum)
- Demands to get rid of West Berlin
- Geneva conference
- Berlin Wall
The Arms race (1949-1958 and onwards) Cuban missile crisis (1962)
- Fidel Castro
- Bay of pigs incident
- Missiles in Cuba
- Naval blockade
- Consequences
Consequences
- Deterioration of Relations
The 'Long Peace' in Europe (1963-91)
Detente in Europe
- Distracted super powers
- Vietnam
- USSR and China
- Controlling nuclear development
- France withdraws from NATO
- The Hamel report
- Brezhnev doctrine
- Ostpolitik
- China and the USA
The Third Cold War (1979-1985)
- Weakening of Détente
- Solidarity
- Ostpolitik threatened
End of the Cold War
- Gorbachev
- Detente renegotiated
- East Europe
- Economic problems
- New conflicts without communism
- Collapse of GDR
- Reunification of Germany
Collapse of the USSR
