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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
12 Countries
Warsaw-response to NATO
8 Countries |
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Chinese Civil War
Communists vs Nationalists |
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Communists win-backed by Mao-1949
Nationalists -Chang Kai Shek (idiot)
US gives money to him, he eventually goes to Taiwan. |
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Deterrence/Soviet Nuclear Threat
MAD- Mutually Assured Destruction
NSC 68- Quadruple Defense Spending
Scare American People |
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U.N. Security Council Resolution -U.S.S.R. not there
Inchon-MacArthur lands behind enemy lines, pushes into N. Korea |
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Korean War
Firing of MacArthur |
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MacArthur & Truman meet on island in Pacific
MacArthur talks to press
Replaced by Matthew Ridgeway & Walton Walker |
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Korean War
Yalu River
Chinese Involvement |
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Yalu River- Chinese join N. Koreans and push U.S. to 38th parallel
Chinese - 2 year stalemate
Eisenhower Negotiates Cease Fire |
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- Expand Social Security
- Raise Minimum Wage
- Expand Public Housing
- Repeal Taft-Hartley Act
- Blocked by Reps. and Dixiecrats.
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Eisenhower -very popular, grandfatherly appearance
Nixon -bulldog, becomes VP |
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MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
New Look/Brinkmanship
Backers |
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Save money with Nuclear Weapons
Arms Race - brink of Nuclear War
Alan Dulles (CIA)/John Foster Dulles (Sec. of State) push New Look |
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| Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile |
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Dulles and the CIA
Four Ways of Containing Communism |
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- Money
- Nukes
- Weapons
- Espionage
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