THE COLD WAR

ORIGINS

• Developed after the Allies met in Germany in WW2
• There was no direct armed conflict

Capitalism Vs. Communism

• Communism was centrally planned
• Capitalism based on independent market forces
• Communism redistributed to remove socioeconomic gaps
• Capitalism had greater disparity between rich and poor
• Communism= The Government     Capitalism=The People

containment

• Part of the US Foreign Policy in the Cold War
• Used to stop the spread of Communism beyond Russia
• Soviets blockaded Berlin to drive out the west
• Continued to fund Communist rebels in other countries
• Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, Eastern Europe

The Kitchen debate

• Series of discussions between Nixon and Khrushchev
• Discussed the merits of capitalism and communism
• Took place at an American Exhibit in Moscow