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The Aftermath of World War II The Cold War

The Aftermath of World War II The Cold War. World War II in Europe. Big Three at Potsdam July 17 to August 2, 1945. Big Three at Potsdam July 17 to August 2, 1945. July 16, 1945 5:29am. First A-Bomb. Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. POST-WAR REALITIES. Emergence of the Superpowers

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The Aftermath of World War II The Cold War

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  1. The Aftermath of World War IIThe Cold War

  2. World War II in Europe

  3. Big Three at PotsdamJuly 17 to August 2, 1945

  4. Big Three at PotsdamJuly 17 to August 2, 1945

  5. July 16, 1945 5:29am First A-Bomb

  6. Hiroshima, August 6, 1945

  7. POST-WAR REALITIES • Emergence of the Superpowers • United States • Soviet Union • The Bipolar World • Liberal Democracy/Capitalism • Marxist/Leninist Socialism/Communism • Decolonization • 90 nations gain independence between 1945-1980 • Who will fill the void? • Alignment & non-alignment

  8. Decolonization

  9. Europe after WWII

  10. Iron Curtain Speech At Westminster College Fulton MO March 5, 1946

  11. Europe During the Cold War

  12. The Ideological Struggle • The Bipolar World • Variations on the Enlightenment Tradition • Liberal Democracy/Capitalism • Individual Rights & Individual Freedoms • Marxist/Leninist Socialism/Communism • Collective Rights & Collective Freedom • The Judaeo-Christian Tradition vs Religion as the “Opiate of the Masses”

  13. The Munich Syndrome Neville Chamberlain Returns to England from Munich with “peace for our time”

  14. The Munich Syndrome • The Truman Doctrine • The Marshall Plan • Containment • The Domino Theory – Eisenhower • Mutually Assured Destruction • Peaceful Co-existence

  15. Secretary of State 1947-1949 Marshall Plan 1948-1951 13+ Billion George C. Marshall

  16. Berlin Airlift 22 June 1948 - 12 May 1949

  17. July 16, 1945 5:29am First A-Bomb

  18. August 29, 1949 First Soviet A-bomb Test

  19. The Arms Race

  20. Europe During the Cold War

  21. The China Issue Victory over Chiang Kai-Shek , 1949 People’s Republic of China Great Leap Forward, 1958-61 Cultural Revolution, 1966-69 Chairman Mao 1893-1976 Mao & Nixon 1972

  22. The Korean War Landing at Inchon Gen. Douglas MacArthur

  23. The Munich Syndrome • The Truman Doctrine • The Marshall Plan • Containment • The Domino Theory – Eisenhower • Mutually Assured Destruction • Peaceful Co-existence

  24. Sputnik and Space RaceOctober 4, 1957

  25. Berlin Wall Under Construction November 1961 In Later Stages

  26. Fidel Castro 1926-present University Student Guerrilla Leader Castro and Khrushchev

  27. Cuban Missile CrisisOctober 1962

  28. Cabinet Meeting at Height of Cuban Missile Crisis

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