So far, the Cold War has been about….

Eisenhower = elected in 52’ Wanted to reduce military spending

(had quadrupled under Truman)▪ Got us out of Korea….

Khrushchev = 53’ replaces Stalin Relations thawed briefly Started a policy of “De-Stalinization”

▪ Denounced Stalin’s purges & said era would be less repressive

1955: Warsaw Pact The Eastern Europe equivalent of NATO,

headed by SU Period of détente – Geneva Conference Lots of covert actions both sides 1955-56– conflict over Egypt/Suez Canal

& Israel Eisenhower Doctrine – US defend

Middle East against communist attack Gave President discretion to use military at

will U-2 flights – CIA spying missions – 56’

Gary Powers – 60’

Competition between the US and USSR for military supremacy Led to the two nations

competing to create the most nuclear weapons and most the deadly & long range nuclear weapons

The Race Begins…. US detonates A Bomb 45’ SU detonates A Bomb 49’ US detonates H Bomb 52’

67x amount Hiroshima SU detonates H Bomb 53’ SU launches sputnik 57’ Both creating ICBMs US launches own satellite 59’ By 61’ enough to destroy world

Eisenhower’s S of S, John Foster Dulles – fiercely anti-communistWe are willing to go to the “brink”, i.e., the edge Brinkmanship is born

“slippery slope”Massive Retaliation, deterrence

Army/navy spending decreased, weaponry & space spending increased

“a bigger bang for the buck”, G. Humphrey, S of Treasury

MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction

Fear & paranoiaAnything good come out of this???

https://vimeo.com/11447253

Dropping immediately and covering exposed skin provide protection against blast and thermal effects ... Immediately drop facedown. A log, a large rock, or any depression in the earth's surface provides some protection. Close eyes. Protect exposed skin from heat by putting hands and arms under or near the body and keeping the helmet on. Remain facedown until the blast wave passes and debris stops falling. Stay calm, check for injury, check weapons and equipment damage, and prepare to continue the mission.

—US Army field manual FM 3–4 Chapter 4

1950 – Civil Defense Administration America public fallout shelters, the Emergency Broadcast System,

food stockpiles -- and Bert the Turtle's "duck and cover." ▪ http://www.history.com/videos/inside-a-prefab-fallout-shelter#inside-a-prefab-fall

out-shelter▪ Prefab fall out shelters – 45 secs

Office for Civil Defense trained citizens to fight fires, rescue people, and administer first aid, and the Civil Air Patrol taught them to keep their "eyes on the sky." 

scattering of air-raid shelters -- some purpose-built, most improvised in basements and subways

Blackouts became the norm in coastal areas, where streetlights were doused to hide cities from enemy pilots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0K_LZDXp0I

http://vimeo.com/11447253Surviving Nuclear Attack10 minhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s

aLwgBKJT7o1955 CW documentary fall outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

YR4Uri9H_DsAtom bomb song