I.
The Marshall Plan
A.
Marshall’s Harvard Commencement Address (June 1947)
B.
Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA)
C.
Success of Plan
D.
Critics of Plan
II.
The Berlin Blockade
A.
The German Currency Reform (June 21, 1948)
B.
The Blockade Begins (June 23, 1948)
C.
The Berlin Airlift (June 1948-May 1949)
D.
Two Germanies: The Federal Republic of Germany (West) and the German Democratic
Republic (East)
III.
The Military Alliance System
A.
Year of 1949
1. Soviets Test First Atomic Bomb (August
1949)
2. Communists Come to Power in China
(October 1949)
B.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
C.
Warsaw Pact (May 1955)
IV.
The Korean War (June 1950-June 27, 1953)
V.
Conclusion: Legacy of Containment