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

ASPECTS OF AMERICAN POWER IN THE WESTERN BLOC DURING THE COLD WAR

To what extent did the United States assert its power in Europe during the Cold War?

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

III. Economical influence

II. Cultural influence

I. Political influence

SUMMARY

a period of geopolitical tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

the cold war

introduction

Harry S. Truman

12 march 1947

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.

doctrine of containment

American Political influence

what are their means to achieve their goal?

American Political influence

the USA's ULTIMATE goal was to stop the spreading of the communism in Europe

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

American Political influence

For the US, isolationism was no longer an option

March 1947

IRAN

TURKEY →Bosphorus

CIA

EXAMPLES

American Political influence

April 4, 1949

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

American Political influence

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

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

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PROPAGANDA

American CULTURAL influence

American ECONOMICALinfluence

MAIN GOAL

prevent the spread of communism

$13 billion

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American ECONOMICALinfluence

Did it work ?

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American ECONOMICALinfluence

helped European economies grow, prevented the spread of communism, and eventually helped lead to European integration.

April 1948

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American ECONOMICALinfluence

Conclusion