The post-war period and the Cold War
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"THE POST-WAR PERIOD AND THE COLD WAR"
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The Beginning of the War
End of World War II and post-war (1945-47)
Beginnings of the Eastern Bloc
Berlin Blockade and airlift
NATO beginnings and Radio Free Europe
Crisis and escalation (1953-62). Khrushchev, Eisenhower and De-Stalinization
Warsaw Pact and Hungarian Revolution
Sino-Soviet split, space race, ICBMs
Berlin Crisis of 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis and Khrushchev ouster
Nixon, Brezhnev, and dйtente
Second Cold War (1979-85)
Final years (1985-91)
Aftermath
The Beginning of the War
The first use of the term to describe the post-World War II geopolitical Program., Stalin remained highly suspicious and believed that the British and the Americans had conspired to ensure the Soviets bore the brunt of the fighting against Nazi Germany. According to this view, the Western Allies had deliberately delayed opening a second anti-German front in order to step in at the last moment and shape the peace settlement. Thus, Soviet perceptions of the West left a strong undercurrent of tension and hostility between the Allied powers.
End of World War II and post-war (1945-47)
The Allies disagreed about how the European map should look, and how borders would be drawn, following the war. Each side held diswords ideas regarding the establishment and maintenance of post-war security. The western Allies desired a security system in which democratic governments were established as widely as possible, permitting countries to peacefully resolve differences through international organizations .
Beginnings of the Eastern Bloc
During the final stages of World War II, the Soviet Union laid the foundation for the Eastern Bloc (incorporated into two