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HUAC
founded in 1938 but revived during McCarthy rein- argued teachers- reducators and famous hollywood 10 who were commies -
UN oct 1945
come to be in 1945 agreed in june but made official in oct 1945
mbrship in 1945 remain unchanged until 1955
50 org countries, 20 cap central and s america
middle east- pro us, iran, iraq, egyp
afr early mb states- ethiopia and liberia
comm china not there- taiwan is
only pol east eu state -
security council UN
made of 5mbs
fr, gbr, china, ussr, usa
each had right to veto -
Period: to
veto uses
ussr-75
gbr-0
usa-0
fr- 2
china-1 -
reconstruction of japan
1947 reverse course for jpn
no hard punishments
need as us base- stop spread com
containment in asia -
ww2 peace treaty jpn
shigeru yoshida-pm of jpn
john foster dulles- us negotiator in japan
us keep troops on soil -
north korea
kim il sung - comm zone establ sep 1948 -
south korea aug 1948
cap zone under syngman rhee- anti-comm -
nrth viet plea to ussr attack sth may 1949
had 4 points
20,000 guerilla fghtr already in sth
us no time interv
fast, decisive victory, well organised guerila force
- said same points to china- undermine eachothers influence / role when talking to other.
stalin said no- strngthn guerillaa fighters- aware of 7500 us fighters stationed in SK -
FRG council of Eu
right establsh among other countires and have reprsnt on OEEC -
NATO april 1949
12 founding mbs- usa,uk,fr,beneluex countires, port, iceland
2% of countries gdp fund nato -
jpn join GATT
general agreement on trade and tariffs
- strnghtn jpn trade with west, stopd trade comm china -
SCAP macArthur.
supreme commander of allied powers General MacArthur
clear plan for jpn
balance budget and stricter lending criteria, wage controls -
supreme balanced budget
joseph doge and hayato ikeda- 157 mill yen (4mill us dollars) set as target surplus
closure of businesses led to unemployment -
ussr Ambomb
successful in 1949, way before west predicted
had insider info
start of MAD- end of nuke monopoly -
china white paper
support for jian jieshi and nationalist taiwan against commies, china, in secret, by dean g acheson- secretary of state and later george marshall as successor. secretly so not imperialist menace justofy withdrawl of militry support for jiang jieshi. -
UN forces in korea
Un forces led by general Douglas McArtur- under pre-text pf un forces- not show american involvement. passed through UN whcih ussr was boycotting at time- recogn of taiwan china, not comm mao china. -
defensive perimeter strategy
made by dean g acheson- korea not part of it, included all the countries that us responsible for , military security and pacific, -
china- Mao zedong
comm revolt- china against jiang jeshi- taiwan nationalists, vict 1950 china comm. -
ussr aid north
gave 178 military aircraft
258 T-34 Tanks, 1600 artillery units-
all change after china comm
but not prepared to give troops to wat- aggrv west too much -
NSC-68
took a more proactive role of containment, militarised cold war, they had to build up a strong defence in case they had to use it. -
sino-sov alliance
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Alger hiss
richard nixon 'sold country down the river'
sent personal info to the soviets
war time policy advisor
arrested and jailed for purgery -
Period: to
MCARTHYISM
marked shift in policy from eu to asia
intensified anti-comm sentiment
confirm change containment- truman too soft- eisenhower mocked and intro of brinkmanship -
north k invade south 25 jun 1950
korea seperatd by 38th parallel
end war- staus quo- south and north now seperat -
7th fleet
usa bring china into korea war- place a ship/ fleet between taiwan and china- aggression
2 days after start of korea war -
Rosenbergs
julius and ethel rosenburg convicted of espionage for the ussr- arrested and killed- huge, had kids -
san franciso peace treaty
fifnt punish jpn, restric jpn econ, restric futr political model, identify jpn role in ww2m restrict future rearmament.
treaty recogn- jpn soverty, jpn renounce claim to terriory of empr- e.g korea
gave usa unrestricted use of military bases jpn. administrative control of owknowa
right to veto jpn offering military bases to other countries. -
COMECON
1951- communist countries help eachother with money and wheat and other materials in times of need. -
ANZUS 1951
encirclement of ussr, aus, nzlnd, usa
non-binding collective
nz suspended- refuse to allow ships carrying nukes in its water
2002- resume political co-op
aus- no support recieved in konfrontasi conflict against indonesia and malaysia- 1960s -
jpn re-armament
called for 75,000 national police force, trained by us
aug 1952- 110,000 ground troops and 7600 maritime personnel -
Dwight D. Eisenhower nov 1952
brinmanship and rollback- actively tried to convert commie countries to cap- not succesfl
was after truman, took containmnet further
Atom bomb just another bomb in our arsenal -
General treaty frg
abolished state of occupation
may 1952- signed in BONN
ussr immediately recogn freedom of gdr- made warsaw pact -
The new look policy
by john foster dulles and eisenhower
roll back and brinkmanship- reject trumans making of conventional forces- too expnsv- so nukes main use of defence -
Greece and Turkey join NATO
ussr- saw as expanison of usa and capitalism, seen as threat -
stalin death march 1953
power struggle, bulgarin, kruschev, baria, molotov, malenkov
dismantle police state run by stalin -
gbr crisis
gbr crisis- walter ulbrich made 5 yr plan, at comecon, rose the workers target goal. in 1953
church mbs arrestd
sklld workers fled
ublricht called on 2nd june to lower standars and improv conditions - he didn't so there were strikes -
NSC 162/2 oct 1953
national security council- made nukes the main defence stratedgy for usa
prevent agrsn against west -
strikes in GDR
jun 1953, stikes and riots in east ger
want free elects, make social democrat party and rise in pay
100,000 ppl in street
next day ussr troops retalliate and 125 killed -
jpn self defence force 1954
140,000 strong self-defence force created
us fund $240 mill and sell us agricultural surplus jpn -
geneva conference
call end of viet war- split into two and have elections when ready- never to happen because west knew that ho chi minh - commies would be elected bcuz they were leading nlf and got freedom for the vietnamese.
divided 17th parallel -
McCarthy discredited
he was a winsconsin republican senator.
went after army- went too high up, accused them of being soft
famous speech 'have you no decency sir' by joseph n welch
j. edgar hoover- teachers= reducators.
dec 1954 sentate vote against him -
dien bien phu
decisive battle where the vietnamese beat the french
led to geneva conf -
vietwar fr- 1954
usa was fighting 75% of it, silent american
determined to help and intro containment
believe in domino effect -
SEATO sep 1954
south east asia organis
tried to encircle commies, make a nuke umbrella
made by john foster dulles
response to close sino-sov alliance
thailan, fr, aus, usa, gbr, pkstrn, philip, nzld -
FRG in NATO may 1955
done by konrad adenaur- chancellor of west ger
limit army and no nukes- to placate fr -
METO feb 1955
middle east treaty orgaisation
or baghdad pact feb 1955
uk, iraq, persia (iran), pkstn
counter sov expansion in middle east and oil producing regions -
warsaw pact 1955
made after frg was made indepnd and admitted to NAT) -
Iraq withdrew from METO
moved headquaters to ankara turkey, name change to CENTO and UN became associate mb -
SEATO dissolved
june 30 1977 -
CENTO disslvd
because iran withdrew- pro-us regime overthrown, shak,