COLD WAR

ORIGIN OF THE COLD WAR

• The U.S. and Britain feared the expansion of Soviet power and communism in Western Europe.
• The Soviets were determined to maintain control of Eastern Europe.
• It was at its peak in 1948–53 with the Berlin blockade, and the victory of the communists in the Chinese civil war
• the Cuban missile crisis resulted in a weapons getting built up by both sides
• The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

NAME OF COLD WAR

• the term was first used by Bernard Baruch during a congressional debate in 1947
• The Cold War got its name because there were no bullets fired.
• There was never a major war between the US and USSR
• There was a half-century of military buildup, and political battles for support around the world.

ECONOMIC SYSTEM

• In Communism, the community or society solely owns the resources or the means of production.
• in capitalism, the resources or the means of production lies with a private owner.
• For Communists, the society is above individuals.
• for capitalists, individual freedom is above the state or society
• capitalism is a self regulated economic system, communism is a government run economy.

FOREIGN POLICY AND KITCHEN DEBATE

• This policy was placed in order for the Soviet unions communist ideas to not spread
• The United States began to support less developing countries and even dictatorships against communism
• The soviet union was angry and furious that the US was coming in their way
• Debate was Basically capitalism vs communism,
• took place in a model kitchen during the American national convention which was held in Moscow