Week of March 20, Friday Lecture

I. The "Good War"

II. WWII: The Great Divide

III. Understanding the Cold War

IV. The Origins of The Cold War

• Bolshevik Revolution
  IMAGES of the Early Soviet Union (from NYPL)
• 20s Hostility
  TEXT: "The Case Against the Reds"
• Popular Front of 30s
• Stalin-Hitler Non-Aggression Pact
  TEXT: The Pact
• Wartime Allies

1. Lend-Lease
2. Second Front

V. Liberation And The Shape of The Peace

IMAGE: The Big 3 at Yalta
IMAGE: "Trouble Spots"

VI. FDR And Truman

IMAGE: Truman at Potsdam

VII. The Broad Picture

VIII. Why Did The Us Get Involved With a Cold War With Russia?

IX. The Shape of the Cold War

• Arms Race
  IMAGE: Bikini Atoll Test, 1946
• Containment
  IMAGE: Map of Iran

X. The Truman Doctrine

TEXT: Truman's Speech to Congress, March 1947

XI. The Marshall Plan

TEXT: The Marshall Plan Speech
IMAGE: George Marshall

XII. 1947-9: The Cold War Hardens

TEXT: The North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949

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