It's Organization Chapter 17

-the us, britain, and the soviet union met -they agreed to divide germany into zones of occupation controlled by the allied military forces -germany would have to pay the soviet union to conpensate for its loss of life and property -stalin promised that eastern europe would have free elections -winston churchill recognized this as an empty promise -he predicted that stalin would keep his pledge if the eastern europeans followed "a policy friendly to russia"

-the us and soviet union jioned 48 other countries -an international organization that was intended to protect the members against agression -was based in new york -they signed the UN charter and pledged "to save succeeding generations from the scourgeof war"

-a large body -was like an international town meeting -each UN member nation could cast its vote on a broad range of issues, including membership

-an 11-member body -had the real power to investigate and settle the disputes -5 permanent members--Britain, China, France, the US, and the Soviet Union -was intended to prevent any members from voting as a bloc to override the others

-US--encouraged democracy -SU(Soviet Union)--encouraged communism -US--gain access to raw materials and markets to fuel booming industries -SU--rebliud the economy using Eastern Europe's industrial equipment and raw materials -US-rebuild european gov.s to promote stability -SU-control Eastern Europe(EE) to protect Soviet borders & balance US influence in Western Europe -US--reunite Germany to stabilize & increase security in europe -SU--keep germany divided to prevent waging a war again

-churchill's phrase came to represent europe's division between a mostly democratic WE(Western Europe) & a communist EE from behind the iron curtain, stalin termed Churchills words a "call to war"

-pres. truman adopted a foreign policy called this -was a policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and preventing the expansion of communism -these policies included creating alliances and helping weak countries resist Soviet advances

-trumans support for countries that rejected communism -caused great controversy -some objected to american interfernce in other nations affairs -others argued that the US lacked the resourced to carry on a global crusade against communism -others pointed out that some US support would go to dictators -congress immediately authorized over $400 million in aid to Turkey and Greece

-US secretary of State George Marshal -proposed that america give aid to any European country that needed it -this assistance program would provide food, machines, and other materials -during this time, the communists seized power in Czechoslavakia -congress immediately approved this plan -this plan achieved spectacular success in WE and in Yugoslavia

-the SU sut off highway, water, and rail traffic from berlin -SU took Berlin hostage -to break the blockade, US and British officials flew food and supplies into West Berlin -4 nearly 11 months, planes took off and landed every 3 mins. -the SU lifted the blockade in May 1949

-these conflicts started the cold war -a state of diplinatic hostility that developed between the two superpowers -they used spying, propaganda, diplomacy, and secret operations -not an acutal war

-north atlantic treaty organization -the berlin blockade made WE's fear of SU agression -10 WE states jioned with the US and Canada to form a defensive military alliance -for the US, NATO membership marked the country's first peacetime military commitment -SU viewed as a threat

-the soviets developed this alliance system in 1955 as part of their own containment policy -including the SU, poland, East germany, czechoslovakia, hungary, romania, bulgaria, and albania

-southeast asia treaty organization -was formed to stabilize that area after open military aggression occured in Korea and Indochina

-a willingness to go to the brik, or edge, of war