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Cold War
Soviet Expansion & Salami Tactics
Greek Civil War (1947) – Communists fought Greek government
Czechoslovakia (1948) – Communist coup backed by USSR
Salami tactics – Gradual takeover of Eastern Europe
Berlin Blockade & Airlift (1948-49)
Stalin blocked supply routes to West Berlin
USA & allies airlifted supplies for nearly a year
Blockade lifted; Cold War tensions escalated
Ideological Differences
Liberal Capitalist Democracy (USA & Allies)
Individual freedoms, multi-party elections
Market economy, private ownership
Communism (USSR & Allies)
State control, one-party rule
Command economy, government ownership
Economic Differences
Market Economy (USA & West)
Free trade, private businesses
Competition drives innovation
Command Economy (USSR & East)
Government-controlled industry
State sets production & prices
Key Conferences
Yalta Conference (Feb 1945)
Germany to be divided into 4 zones
USSR to join war against Japan
Free elections in Eastern Europe (promised but not honored)
Potsdam Conference (July 1945)
Disagreements over Germany’s future
Tension over Stalin’s control of Eastern Europe
Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech (1946)
Warned of Soviet expansion
Popularized the term "Iron Curtain"
Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine (1947)
US policy of containment—stop spread of communism
Aid to Greece & Turkey
Marshall Plan (1948)
Economic aid to rebuild Western Europe
Prevent spread of communism by stabilizing economies
Military Alliances
NATO (1949) – US-led military alliance against Soviet threat
Warsaw Pact (1955) – Soviet response to NATO; united Eastern Bloc