HIST 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mutual Assured Destruction, Doomsday Device, Domino Theory
19 Apr 2016
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1947 - harmonious relationship between us/r dwindling, europe had been divided between east/communism (led by. From the beginning of communism there was a pronounced anti-communist ideas on either side, there was an either/or attitude no room for both world views. Russia lots of economical support; the ussr provides manpower. During the war the conditions of the alliance left room for public pro-russian sentiment. However, private americans found russians to be ungrateful and rude; russians suspicious of us . 1944/45: r defeat g at stalingrad, pushing g back. In 44/5 us sees political implication of supporting ussr, as they"re freeing eastern countries, leaving russians in those countries. Logical product of the soviet system (communist ideology/permanent state of war against capitalism expansionist ideology wanting to spread communism; and due to the stalin"s character suspicious/paranoid, impossible to work with) Soviet ideology was looking to expand in violent and undemocratic ways. In 60s, ways cold war was seen shifts.
