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ASPECTS OF AMERICAN POWER IN THE WESTERN BLOC DURING THE COLD WAR
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ASPECTS OF AMERICAN POWER IN THE WESTERN BLOC DURING THE COLD WAR
The United states of America and the world since the 14 points of president wilson
Teachers : Arielle&Titouan
SUMMARY
ASPECTS OF AMERICAN POWER IN THE WESTERN BLOC DURING THE COLD WAR
INTRODUCTION
I. Political influence
To what extent did the United States assert its power in Europe during the Cold War?
II. Cultural influence
III. Economical influence
CONCLUSION
introduction
a period of geopolitical tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
the cold war
American Political influence
doctrine of containment
The doctrine of containment argued that all-out war should be avoided, but the US should pledge itself to stopping any new communist governments, or preventing any existing communist governments from expanding.
Harry S. Truman
12 march 1947
American Political influence
what are their means to achieve their goal?
American Political influence
provided a legitimate basis for the United States’ activism during the Cold War
provide financial and military aid to the countries threatened by Soviet expansion
the USA's ULTIMATE goal was to stop the spreading of the communism in Europe
American Political influence
EXAMPLES
March 1947
TURKEY →Bosphorus
IRAN
CIA
For the US, isolationism was no longer an option
American Political influence
April 4, 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
American Political influence
the principal political goal of the USA during the cold war was to help the country of the Western Europe by money loan. This concept is really a big help to the destroyed countries by the war
American CULTURAL influence
American CULTURAL influence
how to make them look like the bad guys?
American CULTURAL influence
PROPAGANDA
McCarthyism
American CULTURAL influence
American way of life
American CULTURAL influence
the return of the red skull
PROPAGANDA
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American ECONOMICALinfluence
American ECONOMICALinfluence
MAIN GOAL
$13 billion
prevent the spread of communism
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American ECONOMICALinfluence
Did it work ?
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American ECONOMICALinfluence
April 1948
helped European economies grow, prevented the spread of communism, and eventually helped lead to European integration.
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Conclusion