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Post-WWII American Foreign Policy American Culture 06 Liu Youdao American Foreign Policy after WWII I. The Beginning of the Cold War II. The Cold War in Asia (Really Hot) III. The Cold War in Europe (Really Cold) IV. Foreign Policy after the Cold War I. The Beginning of the Cold War 1. The United States 2. The Soviet Union 3. Events Leading to the Cold War 1. The United States: ? Generally unscathed by the war ? Over 70 percent of the world gold reserve, the biggest world creditor with $47.1 billion ? Over half of industrial output of the capitalist world and about 35 percent of industrial output of the world ? Monopoly over the atomic bomb ? Strongest and most well-trained air and navy forces, with 484 overseas military bases ? Founder of UN and IMF US Objective: A world order dominated by the United States, a world market free and open to American goods and services, more and more countries modeling on American institutions and values 2. The Soviet Union: ? Great loss of people in the war: ? Over 27 million people killed, about 15 percent of its population ? Over 31 thousand factories destroyed, about 50 percent of its infrastructure ? The strongest infantry, with 175 divisions and 250,000 tanks ? Reclaimed all the lost territory and controlled Central Europe ? Its leadership in Eastern Europe USSR Objective: A sphere of influence agreed on by the United States and Britain at Yalta. 3. Events Leading to the Cold War 1946 – Iron Curtain Speech 1947 – Truman Doctrine 1947 – Marshall Plan 1949 – NATO 1949 – NSC 68 1946 – Iron Curtain Speech Churchill delivered at Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946 a famous speech. In the post-war world order, the US and the UK first should unite and establish an “iron curtain” to fend off Russian menace in Europe; second, he advocated the possibility and necessity of European countries’ forming a unity. 1947 – Truman Doctrine: In response to the military crisis in Greece and Turkey, President Truman delivere