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The United states of America and the world since the 14 points of president wilson

ASPECTS OF AMERICAN POWER IN THE WESTERN BLOC DURING THE COLD WAR

Teachers : Arielle&Titouan

SUMMARY

I. Political influence

II. Cultural influence

III. Economical influence

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

To what extent did the United States assert its power in Europe during the Cold War?

ASPECTS OF AMERICAN POWER IN THE WESTERN BLOC DURING THE COLD WAR

introduction

the cold war

a period of geopolitical tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

American Political influence

doctrine of containment

The doctrine of containment argued that all-out war should be avoided, but the US should pledge itself to stopping any new communist governments, or preventing any existing communist governments from expanding.

12 march 1947

Harry S. Truman

American Political influence

what are their means to achieve their goal?

American Political influence

1

2

provide financial and military aid to the countries threatened by Soviet expansion

provided a legitimate basis for the United States’ activism during the Cold War

the USA's ULTIMATE goal was to stop the spreading of the communism in Europe

American Political influence

EXAMPLES

CIA

TURKEY →Bosphorus

IRAN

March 1947

For the US, isolationism was no longer an option

American Political influence

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

April 4, 1949

the principal political goal of the USA during the cold war was to help the country of the Western Europe by money loan. This concept is really a big help to the destroyed countries by the war

American Political influence

American CULTURAL influence

American CULTURAL influence

how to make them look like the bad guys?

American CULTURAL influence

McCarthyism

PROPAGANDA

American CULTURAL influence

American way of life

American CULTURAL influence

PROPAGANDA

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the return of the red skull

American ECONOMICAL

influence

American ECONOMICAL

influence

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$13 billion

prevent the spread of communism

MAIN GOAL

American ECONOMICAL

influence

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Did it work ?

American ECONOMICAL

influence

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April 1948

helped European economies grow, prevented the spread of communism, and eventually helped lead to European integration.

Conclusion