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Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
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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
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
Superpower Confrontation, 1950-1962
Forging the Western Alliance The Korean War The Nuclear Arms Race The Cuban Missile Crisis
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
NATO, 1949
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
Dean Acheson, 1893-1971
U.S. Under Sec. Of State. 1945-1947
U.S. Sec. of State, 1949-1953
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
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
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
The Korean War, 1950-1953
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
General Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964
Gen. Whitney (l) with Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. Almond (r), Korea 1950
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
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
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
John Foster Dulles, 1888-1959
US Rep. to the UN General Assembly, 1946-1949/1950
US Senator, 1949
US Secretary of State, 1953 -1959
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
More Bang for the Buck!
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
The Sputnik Shock, 1957
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Geneva Summit, 1955
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
Atmospheric Nuclear Testing
Thermonuclear device on Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands, Nov, 1952.
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
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
Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg
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
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