1. The Cold
War
1945-1989
• NATO and the Warsaw Pact
• Political beliefs
• Military rivalry
• Mutual suspicion
• Impact of Nuclear Weapons
• The Korean War
Reasons the CW started
The Vietnam War
Flashpoints
Changing Relations
• Hungary
• Berlin
• Cuba
(Reasons for events; Key events;
Impact on international
relations)
• Reasons for US involvement
• US difficulty in defeating the
Vietcong
• Changing US views on the war
• Impact on international
relations
• Reasons for détente
• Examples of détente
• SALT, etc
• Glasnost, Perestroika and
1980s USSR changes
• Reasons the USSR changed