•The International Origins of the Cold The International Origins of the Cold WarWar

•Global Depression, Collapse of CapitalismGlobal Depression, Collapse of Capitalism

•Liberalism & its DiscontentsLiberalism & its Discontents

•The Keynesian SolutionThe Keynesian Solution

The U.S. Response to DepressionThe U.S. Response to Depression

• The ‘New Deal’: The ‘New Deal’: Saving the SystemSaving the System

• American Capitalism & American Capitalism & the the Coup of 1934

• John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes

World War IIWorld War II

War, Depression, & a New Post-War Order?War, Depression, & a New Post-War Order?

The Bretton Woods The Bretton Woods ConferenceConference

IMFIMF

World BankWorld Bank

The ‘Liberal Consensus’?The ‘Liberal Consensus’?

The Bankers & LaborThe Bankers & Labor

Diplomacy of the Early Cold WarDiplomacy of the Early Cold War

The Yalta Conference, The Yalta Conference, February, 1945February, 1945

Eastern Europe & Eastern Europe & Russian securityRussian security• Poland: the Poland: the

London Poles vs. London Poles vs. the Lublin Polesthe Lublin Poles

The The United NationsUnited Nations• General Assembly & General Assembly &

Security CouncilSecurity Council

The US & ChinaThe US & China

Postwar Europe & a “buffer zone”Postwar Europe & a “buffer zone”

Post-War EuropePost-War Europe

Atomic Diplomacy & a “Cold War”Atomic Diplomacy & a “Cold War”

The A-bomb & The A-bomb & history:history:

““The Decision to Use the The Decision to Use the Atomic BombAtomic Bomb””

The Rise of American The Rise of American Hegemony?Hegemony?

Stalin, Russia, & a Stalin, Russia, & a “buffer zone”“buffer zone”

The Politics of Cold WarThe Politics of Cold War

Truman, the Democrats, & Truman, the Democrats, & Anti-CommunismAnti-Communism

Henry A. Wallace,Henry A. Wallace, the ‘the ‘Century of the Common ManCentury of the Common Man’’

Or the ‘century of fear’Or the ‘century of fear’

The Cold War &The Cold War &‘‘The American CenturyThe American Century’’

The Early Cold WarThe Early Cold War

An ‘Iron Curtain’ (An ‘Iron Curtain’ (The Sinews of PeaceThe Sinews of Peace))

The Long Telegram (George F. Kennan)The Long Telegram (George F. Kennan) Truman Doctrine

The Marshall PlanThe Marshall Plan

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