LECTURE
Section 4, Chapter 18
       TWO NATIONS LIVE ON THE EDGE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             







The first H-bomb ever 'Mike' was exploded at 7.15 am local time on November 1st 1952. 
The mushroom cloud was 8 miles across and 27 miles high. The canopy was 100 miles wide.
Radioactive mud fell out of the sky followed by heavy rain. 80 million tons of earth was vaporized. 
Mike was the first ever megaton yield explosion.

THE COLD WAR CONTINUES

I. RACE FOR THE H-BOMB
   A. Scientists suspect that it was possible to make an even more destructive thermonuclear weapon---….
        1. They estimated that such a bomb would have the force of …

        2.  Scientists and politicians alike argued continually about the…

        3. The race to build the first H-Bomb began between the U.S.A. and the Soviets and
             on November 1^st, 1952….
        4.  However, in August of 1953, the Soviets exploded their own thermonuclear
             weapon.
---------------THE DAMAGE OF SUCH THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS-----------------
KILLING OUR OWN:  http://www.ratical.com/radiation/KillingOurOwn/
     B. Brinkmanship
       1. President—Dwight D. Eisenhower
       2. John Foster Dulles (boooooo) was _________________and was
      big time anti-communist. For Dulles, the Cold War was a_______________against
      communism.
      3. Dulles proposed using all of the United States force, including_______________
          to stop to spread of communism.
      4. The willingness to go to the edge of an all-out-war became know as...
      5. Under brinkmanship, the U.S. trimmed its______and________and expanded its air
           force and its buildup of nuclear weapons. The Soviets did the same.

II. THE COLD WAR SPREADS AROUND THE WORLD
     A. The Eisenhower administration relied heavily on the recently formed CIA
           Central Intelligence Agency for information.
           1. The CIA used spies like:
                 to gather information abroad and to carry out covert,
              or_________, operations to weaken or overthrow governments.
           2. The CIA’s first covert actions took place in the Middle East.
                 a. In 1951, Iran’s prime minister, ______________________,
                  nationalized Iran’s oil fields.
                b. Britain quit buying the oil and the Iranian economy faltered. The U.S.
                    thought that Mossadegh might turn to the Soviets for help.
                c. The CIA gave millions to anti-Mossadeph supporters to oust him and
                     bring back the______________who had been forced to flee.
     B. The Warsaw Pact
          1. Stalin dies in 1953 and the Soviets chilled out a bit and recognized_______
              ______________and concluded peace treaties with ___________and________.
          2. West Germany will rearm and join________which prompts the Soviets to
               form a pact with seven….

             1. U.S. and Great Britain help__________finance a dam at________near the Nile
             2. Gamal Abdel-Nassar works the Soviets and the USA…

             3. Angered, the U.S. cuts off aid and Nassar nationalizes the canal…

            4. Nassar refused to allow ships to pass through the canal and trade with______so
                Israel, GB and France sent troops and seized the Mediterranean end of the canal
            5. The UN stepped in,_____________, _____________________ and allowed
                 Egypt to keep control of the canal.
        E. The Eisenhower Doctrine
            1. Soviet Union prestige in the Middle East grew because…
            2. Ike warned that the United States would defend the Middle East against attack
                 by any communist country. In March,...

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