The document discusses the geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union following World War II, highlighting key elements such as NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It outlines strategies used by the U.S. and its allies, including the Marshall Plan and the policy of containment aimed at preventing the spread of communism. Significant events like the Berlin Blockade and the subsequent creation of the Berlin Wall illustrate the ongoing conflict and division in Europe during this period.

1. Polsc6 – International Relations

3. West and East Europe
“From Stettin in
the Baltic to
Trieste in the
Adriatic a
curtain has
descended
across the
continent.”
- Winston
Churchill
March 5, 1946

4. Capitalist
Democracy
NATO - North
Atlantic Treaty
Organization. U.S.
& several Western
European
Countries.
Communism
Warsaw Pact -
Soviet Union &
Eastern European
satellite countries.
United States
Soviet Union

5. • A State of Diplomatic hostility among
nations without direct armed conflict
• Conflicts never escalated to all-out
war between the largest states
• A relatively stable framework of
relations emerged, especially in East-
West Europe

6. A US-Societ-Britain meeting
GOALS:
1. To promote world peace
2. To provide emergency relief
3. To help form interim governments based
on the will of the people
CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT,
STALIN

7. Need a threat of force and power – Arms,
technology, influence
Use of Propaganda – created hatred and
paranoia of other side
Send economic aid to weaker nations to spread
influence and gain allies
Support with military aid nations in conflicts to
protect interests or agitate other side

9. Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Policy of Containment

10. • US financial aid to rebuild European
countries
• Post WWII assistance program, in
which, the U.S. would provide, food,
machines, and other materials to any
country that needed it.
• to promote economic and political
stability in post WWII world

13. • Stalin saw the plan as a
threat
• Marshall Plan aid would
largely be used by the
Europeans to buy U.S.
manufactured goods and
raw materials
• Communist influence on
Western Europe would be
reduced
• Soviet Union did not (or
could not) offer a similar
program for Eastern Europe

14. • Monetary support
given by U.S. to
countries that resisted
Communism.
• This policy of stopping
any further spread of
communism became
known as the policy of
“containment”

15. • BERLIN BLOCKADE & AIRLIFT 1948-
Soviets closed all road and rail links to
Berlin. The Western allies began a
massive airlift to feed the West Berliners.
• Led to the creation of Federal Republic of
Germany in 1949
• BERLIN WALL 1961- East German
government built a wall that separated
East Berlin from West Berlin. Soldiers
shot anyone that tried to escape East
Berlin.