POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: East Germany, Nato, Cuban Missile Crisis
12 Dec 2017
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From the onset of the second world war, the allies began planning for a stable postwar world order. In january 1942, the us, britain, soviet union, china, and 22 other states signed the. United nations declaration, pledging to adopt a united front and to employ all resources to defeat the axis. The allies would hold nine major conferences during wwii which addressed the postwar peace. In july 1944, the bretton woods conference established the postwar international economic system, including the international monetary fund and the world bank. From april to june 1945, the san francisco conference was held and adopted the united. There were 51 original members of the united nations (un). Following wwii, the allies became divided over the proper treatment of germany and. Remembering the errors of the treaty of versailles, the us and britain preferred to resuscitate their former enemies and permit them to play a constructive role in the new world order.
