Chapter 1 Cold war in asia

Possessors of empires

Territorial and/or economic and/or cultural domination of another countr

When a country's policy is to acquire other countries/territories

US President 1933-45 who steered the US through the Great Depression and WW2

From 1963, British Malaya and associated territories were independent and know as Malaysia

British Prime Minister 1940-45 and 1951-55 who criticised the Soviet 'Iron Curtain' in Eastern Europe

Led the Soviet Union from 1926-53. His suspicious nature contributed greatly to the origins and development of the Cold War

US President 1945-53 whose policies saw increased US involvement in Asia and a war in Korea

Leader of the CCP 1935-76 who was dictator of a Communist China who played a major role in the Cold War in Asia

Leader of the Guomindang 1925-75 who was recognised by the international community as the leader of China from the late 1920s to 1949

Believers in economic equality brought about by the revolutionary redistribution of wealth

Countries that take responsibility for another country and steering them towards independence

Set of political beliefs

Supported capitalist systems and multi-party states, and thought Communist expansion would cause weakened US trade

Supported state-controlled economies and one-party states, and supported the promotion of Communist revolutions throughout the world

Caused by ideological differences, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, US atomic bomb monopoly, clashes of interest, a war of words and Stalin's defensive and suspicious nature

US government department with responsibility for foreign affairs

US office that holds the responsibility for foreign policy and was in charge of the State Department

George Kennan sends the Long Telegram from Moscow

Makes laws and grants funding for the President's policies

Truman tells congress that the Soviet threat must be resisted in what became known as the Truman Doctrine

Policy of using counterforce against Communist expansion

USA, USSR, Britain, Germany and Central Europe, and Japan

Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) from 1945-51 who was dismissed by Truman

Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) from 1945-51 who was dismissed by Truman

First Filipino President 1946-48 whose election owed much to General MacArthur

Heads of the US Army, Navy and Air Force

In the WW2, Filipino resistance led by the People's Anti-Japanese Army

Second Filipino President 1948-53 who supported the US in the Korean War

Third Filipino President 1953-57 who's government was relatively free of corruption

US aimed to create democratic, capitalist, pro-US and anti-communist states in Japan and the Philippines

Chinese Nationalist Party dominated by Jiang from the 1920s which was defeated by the CCP in the Chinese Civil War

Chinese Civil War

Japanese invasion, Communist appeal to peasantry, Jiang's loss of middle class support, differing military strategies and the leadership of Mao

The British Military Administration established to facilitate the return of military rule after the defeat of the Japanese

The Malayan Union which was opposed by most Malayans as it took power away from their traditional rulers

The Federation of Malaya which restored the power of traditional Malay rulers and increased period of residence required for citizenship for non-Malays

The Malayan Communist uprising

British had strong powers of arrest and large numbers of police and soldiers at their disposal...Communists greatly outnumbered

Defeat of the communists

The Emergency officially declared at an end

Government force and power, isolation of the MCP, opposition to MPC from moderate Chinese, Communist division, Korean war causing boom in Malaya, British announced independence was imminent and Malay support for Britain

Federation of Malaya gains independence from Britain

Period of anti-Communist hysteria

Loss of China, Republican attacks, Huk rebellion, Communist activity in Malaya, Communist opposition in French Indochina and to protect Japan

US proposed a temporary division on the peninsula with the Soviets in the North and the US in the South accepting Japanese surrender

Moscow Conference

KPR established

South Korea leader 1948-60 who pursued a reunified Korea

Lawyer and keen Democrat who served in the State Department under Roosevelt and Truman. Highly influential under Truman, and later leader of the Wise Men who advised Johnson on Vietnam

Set up in 1945 with 50 nations signing its founding charter, all pledging to assist any other member victim to aggression

US Defensive Perimeter Strategy