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The Cold War: Dates
Causes of the Cold War Different ideologies between U.S. and Soviet Union
Why was it called a “cold” war? Because no direct fighting happened during the war. It was a war of intelligence.
Ideology a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
ideologies of The East and The West West: Capitalism and Democracy East: Communism and Totalitarianism
United Nations vs League of Nations
The Security Council consists of 15 member states, five of which are permanent—the United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China. Focuses on issues of peace and security, and can use military power to enforce its decisions.
The General Assembly The main body of the United Nations, it discusses important questions about budget or the admittance of new members, and makes decisions by a two-thirds or majority vote.
The International Court of Justice The UN’s main judicial section. The only UN organ based outside the United States, it settles international legal disputes.
Creation of Israel Created as a safe haven for the Jews alive after WWII
Nuremberg Trials Trials ran by the Allies to indict Nazi officials
Tension between East and West Cause Berlin, Germany, Soviet satellites, Italy, and Japan all had the same struggles over East and West. This was caused by different ideologies, specifically communism and totalitarianism versus capitalism and democracy
The Truman Doctorine
The Marshall Plan
Stalin's views on Capitalism said peace was impossible if capitalism existed. He asserted that capitalist nations would perpetually compete with one another for raw materials and markets for products, and such conflicts would always be settled by “armed force.”
"The Long Telegram" George Kennan, a U.S. diplomat at the American Embassy in Moscow, studied Stalin’s speech about capitalism and sent a long analysis to the U.S. secretary of state.
NATO
Warsaw Pact
The Iron Curtain refers to the divisions between the nations of America and Russia and their spheres of power
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