SS 30-2 Chap 8 Part 2

will be on exams/quiz

wars in which superpowers support a side in a conflict or an actual hot war, but are not in direct conflict with each other

• French colonial rule collapsed after WWII, and Vietnam wanted independence.

• Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh led a nationalist/communist movement to push out the French.

• After France was defeated at Dien Bien Phu (1954), Vietnam was split into North (communist) and South (anti-communist) at the Geneva Accords.

• Elections meant to unify the country never happened, partly because the South (with U.S. backing) feared a communist victory.

• Tensions, guerrilla insurgency (the Viet Cong) in the South, and increasing U.S. involvement gradually escalated the conflict into a full-scale war.

​

• The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to support a failing communist government.

• The Afghan resistance fighters (Mujahideen) opposed Soviet occupation.

• The United States, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and others funneled money, weapons, and training to the Mujahideen.

• This allowed the U.S. and allies to undermine Soviet power indirectly without fighting the USSR directly.

• The conflict became one of the most significant proxy battles of the Cold War and contributed to Soviet economic strain.

• After the Soviets withdrew in 1989, Afghanistan fell into civil war, eventually leading to the rise of the Taliban.

​

• After WWII, Korea was split into North (Soviet-backed) and South (U.S.-backed).

• North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950 to reunify the peninsula under communism.

• The United States and UN forces supported South Korea, while China (and indirectly the Soviet Union) supported North Korea.

• This let Cold War superpowers fight indirectly through allies instead of directly confronting each other.

• The war ended in 1953 with an armistice, not a peace treaty—Korea remains divided today.

​

Competition between powers played out in non-military ways such as the Summit Series, and Olympics.

efforts to manipulate the beliefs and the behaviour of people. Use of media including radio, television, and newspapers

​https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7v24kl
(start at 14:10)

Equalizing the strength of competing countries with alliances (example; NATO VS Warsaw pact) and NORAD

Each power competes to be the first to achieve things in space.

Governments work to gain secret information from opposition. Satellite images, recordings. Example; Igor Gouzenko- defected from Soviet Russia and gave Canada information on Soviet spies in Canada

Government builds up shows of power to "deter" the opposition

​North Korea

Spangdahelm NATO airbase​

Each Power develops more destructive weapons, such as Weapons of Mass destruction. Potential of Mutually Assured Destruction

a visual representation of how close the world is to Mutually Assured Destruction

Pushing conflict to the brink

​Diplomacy (page 208)

Liberation Movements (page 209-210)

Detent and Treaties (page 211-212)

The End of the Cold War (page 212-213)

Ending the Cold War