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Most powerful country after WWII
Wanted to open up trade |
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Emphasized socialism
Wanted to protect their western borders from invasion. |
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| very strait forward but insecure and ill prepared |
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| easy going and well liked but has no political experience. He was good at getting people together. |
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| ruthless and brutal and will put down revolts heavily and wants Eastern Europe under his sphere of influence. |
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| takes power in 1953 and is a very strong but sought more peace. "Peaceful co-existence" |
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| started in 1917 with the Russian Revolution. This will create a mutual distrust between the U.S. and USSR (Russia) |
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Helping support free people in resistance to military involvement.
Containment |
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| The U.S. felt that the USSR couldn't be stopped, so the post war policy became containing communism. |
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| the carrying out of the Truman Doctrine by aiding economic aid to Europe to stop communism |
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military alliance of 12 nations.
"Attack one, Attack all |
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| stated that the USSR was amoral and there was no need to try to negotiate with them |
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| Secretary of State who wants to move beyond containment. |
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| Civil war against communist Mao Zedong and Nationalist Jiang Jieshi. |
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| Korea wants independence but instead will be divided along the 38 parallel. The North will invade the South. |
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| if one country falls to communism, they all will fall |
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| the first satellite launched in 1957 by the USSR |
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an all or nothing attitude
"If you launch a nuclear weapon at us, we will launch three at you" |
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| made it illegal to overthrow the government |
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| McCarran Internal Security Act |
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| states that communist have to register with the attorney general and can't work in the defense department. |
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| a former Assistant Attorney General that will be convicted of being a communist spy |
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| Julius and Ethel Rosenberg |
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| convicted of being spies and will be executed |
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