Wk 2: The Marshall Plan to Korea

So the main thing I think I learned from this week's session was that there was a long time - three years or so - between Churchill's Iron Curtain speech and the actual political division of Germany after the Berlin crisis of 1949.

I am also struck by the importance of the Marshal Plan as a breaking point between the Soviets and the West.

Here's an episode from the Cold War series that examines the Marshall Plan and its effect:

 

Next week

We are going to examine the Vietnam War next week. Here is the Cold War series episode for you to watch:

 

 The question I'd like us all to think about is whether or not the US actually lost in Vietnam? This is not a trick question. You might like to do some web research. Here's a link I found that contains some relevant debate:

Who won the Vietnam War?

See you next week!