Phase One - 1945-1953 – Containment - Week 1-2

European Competition/ United Events / Flash Text References

Course Content Leaders Ideologies Getting Along?
Integration Forces Nations/NATO Points
Origins Who were the communism, Vacuum of arms race Creation of UN Greece 1947 - Post War Phillips 122-135
Early Big 3 (Grand capitalism, power after fear (USA practising Conferences Williamson - 12-30, 34-
development Alliance) eg democracy, fascism suspicion Formation of dollar  Atlantic 38
of CW to 1948 Britain containment Germany NATO 1949 imperialism?) Charter 1941 Map on web
ideological, (Churchill), Authoritarianism divided and misunderstandings (USA foreign  Tehran 1943 http://www.english-
cultural & USA (FDR - Expansionism occupied of each other policy)  Yalta 1945 online.at/history/world-
political Truman), USSR Dollar Berlin divided Reaction to Berlin Blockade  Potsdam war-2/results-and-
differences (Stalin). Imperialism Europe divided NATO - Warsaw Yugoslavia 1945 aftermath-of-world-
between the Iron Curtin Truman Formation of Pact 1955 bucks the war-ii.htm
USA & USSR Speech Doctrine, the the GDR and (USSR FP) trend Aldred Chpt 1
Stalin’s (Churchill) Marshall Plan the FDR 1949
motives: Buffer Death of Stalin Soviet reaction Economic Coal Williamson
zone vs Election of to Truman and Steel 41-60 (Skim 50+)
Expansionism Eisenhower in Doctrine = Commission 62-77
1953 COMINFORM 1947
Soviet reaction European Phillips 136-151
to Marshall Plan Economic Williamson
= COMECON Community 78-83
(EEC) (1958) Briggs 38-45 (not Iran)
Thornes 10-40
 Phase Two – 1953-1963 – Peaceful Co-Existence - Week 3 - 4
Course Content Leaders Ideologies European Competition/ United Events / Flash Getting Along? Text References
Integration Forces Nations/NATO Points

USA Anti- Eisenhower 45- peaceful co- 1961 Berlin arms race 1955 West 1956 Czec, 1955 Geneva Phillips 105-114
Communist 53 existence crises and the 1957 The Soviet Poland, Summit 152-158
raids, Red Scare John Foster threat of beginning of launch of Germany Hungary Briggs 38-56
(domestic Dulles US nuclear war The Berlin Wall Sputnik (begin rearmed and 1958 Williamson
policy) Secretary of Brinkmanship space race) admitted into Khrushchev’s 1961 Vienna 92-95
Reduce the MIC State 1957 Yugoslavia - NATO ultimatum – Conference
and slow the JFK 1961-1963 Eisenhower resistance to 1960 U2 Spy free Berlin Williamson
Arms Race assassinated Doctrine the power and planes to gather 1960 Paris 98-104
Propaganda Replaced by L. control of USSR information on Summit (ignore ME)
War Johnson and Tito’s the East
USSR Khrushchev’s leadership in 1961 Berlin Phillip 159-173
Khrushchev 55- aims uniting different crises and the Lightbody Chptr 3
64 1955 ethnic factions beginning of Peaceful Coexistence
Tito in Destalinisation into one state. The Berlin Wall Williamson
Yugoslavia Economic aid to 108-112
satellite states 1962 Cuban
Arms Race, Missile Crisis Phillips
Space Race, Chapter 5
Propaganda Khrushchev’s Williamson 115 &
War aims to 119-123
reinvigorate the Thornes 41-54
powerful Red Aldred Chpt 2
Army Aldred Chpt 3

The Great
Kitchen Debate
 Phase Three – 1963-1979 – Détente - Week 5
Course Content Leaders Ideologies European Competition/ United Events / Flash Getting Along Text References
Integration Forces Nations/NATO Points

Super powers USA Johnson détente De Gaulle arms race 1966 French Prague Spring 1968 – Non- Briggs 72-79
distracted by 63-69 threat of opposition to 1963 Nuclear withdraw from 1968 Proliferation Lightbody Chptr 5
the war in Richard Nixon nuclear war Britain joining Test Ban Treaty NATO Treaty Detente
Vietnam 69-74 Brezhnev the European 1963 JFK 1967 France Invasion of 1972 – SALT I
Williamson
(resigned) Doctrine Economic assassinated demands USA Czechoslovakia 1979 – SALT II
164-175
Severe Gerald Ford 74- SDI Community withdraw from 1968 Hotline 1963
economic crises 77 (EEC) and USA’s 1968 – Non- military bases in 1963 ‘Grand
in the 3rd world Jimmy Carter Ostpolitik - involvement Proliferation France Era ends with Design’- closer Lightbody Chptr 6
and significant 77-81 Independent Treaty France ceases the war in relationship Disarmament
economic crisis. Vance US Sec Communism 1972 – SALT I involvement in Afghanistan with USA and Briggs 91-98
State 1979 – SALT II SEATO (Russia invades) United States of
Henry Kissinger Brinkmanship and therefore Europe Phillips
National China comes Warsaw Pact SALT II is never Multilateral Chapter 6
Security (69- Mutually onto the world formed 1955 ratified. Nuclear Force
75), Secretary Assured stage - Tri-polar France – Thornes- 70-98
of State (73-77) Destruction. USSR H-Bomb Germany
France Helsinki 1975 1955 relations Aldred Chpt 4
DeGaulle 59-69 Emergence of Bilateral Treaty Aldred Chpt 5
(resigns) human rights as of Friendship Aldred Chpt 6
USSR Brezhnev a global issue 1968 &
64-82 Consultation
Germany W with Federal
Brandt FDR Republic
Chancellor concluded
69-71 positive
Czechoslovakia Helsinki 1975
Dubcek
 Phase Four – 1979-1985 – New Cold War - Week 6-7
Course Content Leaders Ideologies European Competition/ United Events / Flash Getting Along Text References
Integration Forces Nations/NATO Points

Reagan’s speech USSR Leaders Star Wars ‘Esprit’ arms race 1985 Peaceful Poland 1981 1982 Reagan
“Evil Empire” – Yuriy Andropov program programme in space race Use of Outer General START began
new level 1982 - 1984 (Reagan 1984 focus on New Cold War Space Jaruzelski and Reagan Doctrine Phillips 115-121
Strategic Konstantin cyber security (SDI) the Military – US goal to
Defence Chernenko Explore the 1986 - Committee of stop the spread
Initiative (SDI) 1984 - 1985 motives of Strengthens EU Reagan’s Secret National of communism Williamson
1983 Thatcher Reagan and powers in alliance with the Salvation by supplying 184-186
Aim: support US Gorbachev environmental Pope to impose martial military and
Concept of against USSR protection undermine law economic aid
Gerontocracy – Shared view of EU launches Poland’s USA blocked
world ruled by USSR being evil the ‘Erasmus’ Trade union Poland getting Briggs 119-137
geriatrics Earned title program to solidarity funds from the
Used to ‘Iron Lady’ for fund university IMF Thornes 99-129
describe Soviet anti-Communist students Economic
leadership stance wishing to conditions of Aldred Chpt 7
1980-85 Agreed to US study, 2 mill both Aldred Chpt 8
= Brezhnev, Nuclear bases in have used this superpowers
Andropov, Britain
Chernenko
 Phase Five –1985-1991 The Beginning of the End - Week 8 -9
Course Content Leaders Ideologies European Competition/ United Events / Flash Getting Along Text References
Integration Forces Nations/NATO Points

collapse of USSR Glasnost – the Gorbachev and 1990 – 1988 Poland 1986 Reykjavik Phillips
communism Gorbachev 85- Openness reunification of Bush signed Conventional strikes Summit 235-241
break-up of the 91 Freedoms of Germany (the agreements to Forces in Lech Walsea 1986 Summit in Williamson
Soviet Union USA speech, press Two Plus Four reduce chemical Europe Pact Iceland broke 187-190
End of the Cold Reagan 81-89 and media Treaty 1990) and nuclear signed in NATO 1988 Hungary down (Ignore non Europe
War Period The role of Open justice Berlin weapons and Warsaw Kadar sacked Tried again info)
Perestroika – leadership is a Perestroika – 1989 – Hungary Pact Karoly Grosz 1987 Arms
restructuring key issue in economic broke wire Military 1991 end of Imre Nagy re- agreements Lightbody Chptr 8
Political and this era restructuring fence to Austria. industrial Warsaw Pact buried Glasnost
economic GDR leader 1989 Berlin Wall complex Agreement for 1989 INF
freedoms Erich Honecker comes down more than one Intermediate- Williamson
Democratisation resigned 1989 Economic party Range Nuclear 193-202
Joint ventures Replaced by cirucun Forces Trty
Egon Krenz – 1990
former Stasi Commitment to Thornes 133-180
Romania remove troops
Ceausescu out from Hungary, Aldred Chpt 9
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1989 Vaslav
Havel elected 1991 START 1
‘Velvet
Revolution’
Yugoslavia
break up
 Phase Six – 1991 - 2001 The Post-Cold War Era - Week 10-11
Course Leaders Ideologies European Competition/ United Events / Flash Getting Along Text References
Content Integration Forces Nations/NATO Points

Social, political USA Maastricht arms race changing role Conflict in the Nature & Phillips
Rise of
and economic Reagan Treaty (1992) space race of NATO from Balkans function of 235-241
collapse of the 1981-1992 nationalism, and the European Rise of Cold War gradual EU, a basis of
Soviet Union George Bush re-integration of Union (1993) nationalistic Alliance to the acceptance of peace,
Western (Snr) 1989- Eastern Europe the Eurozone groups – NATO - Russia former security and
interests in the 1992 (1999) especially in Council Warsaw Pact trade Williamson
Decommunisation 203-210
former USSR Clinton Forging a Yugoslavia. countries as Intro of Euro
and the 1993 – 2000 Re-unification of united NATO Summit, members as main
creation of the GW (Jnr) Germany European Military Euro-Atlantic Relations with currency 2002
Russian Bush Community - industrial Partnership Russia, 1997 Movement of http://europa.eu/about-
oligarchs. 2001-2009 Reunifying complex Council Break-up of people eu/eu-
Helmet Kohl Europe post Yugoslavia and through the history/index_en.htm
as 1st 1989 ethnic EU
‘Ostalgie’ the Chancellor of 1993 EU UN Peace tensions that
Aldred Chpt 10
yearning for a reunified established & keeping forces ensued.
Aldred Chpt 11
the ‘good old Germany. the ‘Four take over from Aldred Chpt 12
days’ of Freedoms’ NATO to Nature of the
communism in Milosevic in restore peace conflict and
the East Yugoslavia Nature & in Europe NATO’s role in
function of the Balkans
EU, a basis of 1995 Dayton conflict
peace, Agreement
security and Movement of
trade people
Euro $ 2002 through the
EU & the rise
Decline of of nationalistic
Europe as groups eg
argued by Great Britain
historians
such as
Laqueur