1.4.1
US Policy Towards Britain & Europe
US involvement in Europe
US involvement in Europe
After 1947 the US realised that it would need to support Europe more than it had. America adopted the policy of containment and wanted to have long term involvement in European affairs.
US attitudes to Western Europe
US attitudes to Western Europe
- The American policy of containment was very different from their initial plans post-war.
- The USA had initially thought the stabilisation of Germany would be quick and allow them to withdraw from Europe.
- The USA thought they must intervene because they feared that communism would spread and take hold of other countries such as Greece, France and Italy.
- The USA thought that if they supported Western European countries then they would be ‘pro-American’, thus blocking the spread of communism.
The US and Britain
The US and Britain
- From 1947, Britain and America from promoted a ‘special relationship.' This helped Britain to retain its global status as a world power.
- Britain was the least socialist of the European countries and the USA saw Britain as a militarily strong and politically stable.
US attitudes to Eastern Europe
US attitudes to Eastern Europe
- The USA did not plan on turning the Eastern bloc countries from communism as they felt they couldn’t be helped.
- The USA thought there would be a divided Europe.
1Origins of the Cold War, 1945-9
1.1Events of 1945
1.2The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
1.3Developing Tensions
1.4US Involvement in Europe
2Widening of the Cold War
2.1US Containment in Asia
2.2The Korean War
2.3Increasing Cold War Tensions, 1949 -1953
3The Global War
3.2Cold War Rivalries
3.3Conflict in Asia
3.4Confrontation Between Superpowers
4Confrontation & Cooperation
4.2Cooperation
4.3Pressures on the USSR
5Brezhnev Era
5.1Detente
5.2Second Cold War
5.3Developments in Africa & Americas
6Ending of the Cold War
6.1Gorbachev
6.2Cooperation between US & USSR
6.3Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
6.4End of Tensions Across the World
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1Origins of the Cold War, 1945-9
1.1Events of 1945
1.2The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
1.3Developing Tensions
1.4US Involvement in Europe
2Widening of the Cold War
2.1US Containment in Asia
2.2The Korean War
2.3Increasing Cold War Tensions, 1949 -1953
3The Global War
3.2Cold War Rivalries
3.3Conflict in Asia
3.4Confrontation Between Superpowers
4Confrontation & Cooperation
4.2Cooperation
4.3Pressures on the USSR
5Brezhnev Era
5.1Detente
5.2Second Cold War
5.3Developments in Africa & Americas
6Ending of the Cold War
6.1Gorbachev
6.2Cooperation between US & USSR
6.3Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
6.4End of Tensions Across the World
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