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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität HeidelbergCurt-Engelhorn Chair in American History Prof. Dr. Manfred BergWinter Term 2008/2009

The Reluctant Empire?

U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century

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Superpower Confrontation, 1950-1962

Forging the Western Alliance The Korean War The Nuclear Arms Race The Cuban Missile Crisis

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NATO, 1949

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Dean Acheson, 1893-1971

U.S. Under Sec. Of State. 1945-1947

U.S. Sec. of State, 1949-1953

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Kim Il Sung, 1912-1994

Kim IL Sung statue in Pyongyang Kim IL Sung in October 21, 1950

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The UN in 1950

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The Korean War, 1950-1953

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General Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964

Gen. Whitney (l) with Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. Almond (r), Korea 1950

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1890-1969

Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, 1943-1945

U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1945-1947

Supreme Commander of NATO, 1950-1952

U.S. Pres., 1953-1961

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John Foster Dulles, 1888-1959

US Rep. to the UN General Assembly, 1946-1949/1950

US Senator, 1949

US Secretary of State, 1953 -1959

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More Bang for the Buck!

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The Sputnik Shock, 1957

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Geneva Summit, 1955

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Atmospheric Nuclear Testing

Thermonuclear device on Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands, Nov, 1952. 

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Duck and Cover

‘Bert the Turtle’ in the US Civil Defense Film, “Duck and Cover,” 1951

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Nikita Krushchev, 1894-1971

Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958–1964

Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958-1964

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The Berlin Wall, Aug. 13, 1961

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Fidel Castro, b.1926

Leader of the revolutionary 26th of July Movement

Leader of Cuba since 1959

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John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

U.S. Rep., 1947-1953

U.S. Senator, 1953-1960

U.S. President 1961-1963

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The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962

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Dean Rusk, 1909-1994

Assistant Sec. of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1950-1952

US Sec. of State, 1961-1969

“We were eyeball to eyeball and they blinked first.”

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One Hell of a Gamble

Pres. Kennedy meets with his cabinet during the Cuban Missile Crisis