COLD WAR

BEGINNING

• Started after WWII
• U.S and Soviet Union emerged as super powers from the war
• Fought for global influence, split by Berlin Wall
• Called Cold War because there was no actual clash of arms

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

• U.S was capitalist
• Production for profit
• Publicly owned businesses, determine own prices and production
• U.S.S.R was Communist
• Production for use, private ownership, government determines

U.S FOREIGN POLICY

• Two counter strategies to containment
• Support liberation of colonial countries to spread communism
• Attainment of military parity with U.S

KITCHEN DEBATE

• Kitchen debate illustrated nonviolent conflict
• Growing rift between two countries
• Struggle between opposing economic systems