Chapter+10+-+The+Cold+War+Era,+1945-1991

CHAPTER 10 - THE COLD WAR ERA, 1945-1991 In this lesson, we will discuss U.S. Navy involvement in the Cold War, from 1945-1991.

The U.S. Navy ended World War II with the largest naval force ever assembled in world history. The Navy has grown from 330,000 personnel on 7 December 1941 to 3,408,347 at war's end in 1945. This number included 93,074 uniformed Navy women called WAVES. The Navy had more than 50,000 vessels, 1,200 major fighting ships, and 40,000 airplanes.

After this war, the United States could not retreat to a position of isolation and prewar conditions. It had acquired responsibilities around the world, and the only way it could meet those responsibilities was with a powerful Navy. The nation had worldwide duties to perform, and these duties could e discharged only if it continued to be a great sea power.

This lesson will cover the expansion of communism, the creation of the CIA, the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, the establishment of NATO, and the major and minor conflicts from the Korean War to Vietnam along with the eventual demise of the Soviet Union.

The Korean War represented the first full-scale military response to Communist aggression. We will address the initial stages of Korean War, naval contributions, operationg Chromite: Inchon, breakout at Pusan, the new war: Chinese intervention, dismissal of General MacArthur, truce talks, and Korean final.

During the 10 years after the Korean War, innovations such as hyrdrogen bomb, nuclear submarines, and ballistic missiles prevented major military intervention. The United States government used the Navy to stifle minor military aggression such as the Cuban missile crisis, the Lebanese operation, and the defense of Taiwan (formerly Formosa). We will also talk about the eginnings of Vietnam, the Tonkin Gulf incident, expansion of the U.S. efforts in Vietnam, the restrictions that hinder victory, Vietnamization, and the Vietnam final.

We will discuss the U.S. involvement in the Falklands war and the joint U.S. task force's role in Grenada. We will talk about restoring democracry in Panama and the importance of Operation Just Cause to U.S. interests in Panama. We will describe the rise of worldwide terrorism and the events in the Middle East during the 1980s. This involves Iran and Iraq in the Persian Gulf region. We will fisnish the lesson with a discussion on the great changes experienced by the Soviet Union since 1985 and the rapid rise of the democratic movement within the Soviet Union after the demolition of the Berlin Wall.

ALTERNATE HOMEWORK
BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE FOLLOWING KEY POINTS IN PARAGRAPH FORMAT: 1. UNIFICATION OF U.S. FORCES 5. VIETNAM WAR 2. NATO AND WARSAW PACT 6. GRANADA INVASION 3. KOREAN WAR 7. LIBYAN TERRIORIST ACTS 4. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 8. USSR DISBNDED